by robertdreed » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:45 pm
"You see this site as a source of material first and foremost. (Nothing wrong with that, but correct me if I am wrong.)"<br><br>Yeah, well....you're wrong.<br><br>I view this site and board mostly as a place to converse with other verbal, intelligent people on topics that are too weird to bring up on other forums. I rarely if ever have to work to bring everyone else up to speed so that they have a grasp of what I'm talking about. As a general guideline, you can't just barge in and give cram courses on subjects on the Internet- especially about offbeat topics and fringe viewpoints- without appearing to be an obsessive trying to monopolize the conversation- unless it's your personal blog, that is. And even if all the other posters are up for you schooling them, at the end of it, all they know is what you've told them. <br><br>In terms of the subjects raised around here, not much takes me by surprise. But I do like to learn new things, and because there's a wide pre-existing knowledge base among most of the other posters, sometimes I encounter new data. <br><br>I find this place therapeutic, because there are other places where many of these topics can't be discussed without inviting ridicule from people who are ignorant and close-minded. <br><br>"I sometimes think Americans are so brainwashed they would rather give up their country than be labelled “anti-Semitic”."<br><br>Nah. The population of Americans that might fall under the category of "brainwashed" would rather give up their country than stand up for the principle that torture is unacceptable, even when the torturers are wearing American uniforms. Etc. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=robertdreed>robertdreed</A> at: 10/13/05 10:16 pm<br></i>
