[lit-ideas] Re: Alternatives to one-upmanship
- From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:18:56 +0900
On 8/12/06, Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
*Well, John, it's a well-known fact in chess that the
kibitzers see everything best - until they actually
sit at the table. I don't remember actually expressing
any position, extreme or otherwise, in the recent
discussion, among other reasons because I wasn't sure
what the discussion was about. (Unless, like Phil, you
know what I think even though I am not saying it.)
Mostly I confined myself to teasing Eric and Phil. To
present this as evidence of the limits of my
intellectual capacities seems rather ungenerous - but
then perhaps that is what I should expect.
My wording was a tad harsh. Please allow me to say that I have no
opinion concerning the innate intelligence of anyone here, except as
it is presented in the words that cross my screen. For all I know the
minds may be those of Shakespeares or Einsteins or Ibn Khalduns. My
remarks concerned to the personae displayed in the Punch and Judy
shows into which our political debates tend to deteriorate.
Similarly, in reply to Eric, I do not fancy myself a marriage
counselor (though I have spent some time as a volunteer on a telephone
crisis line). Divorcing couples are simply a good illustration of the
dance of anger pattern. As any decent therapist knows, people met
individually may seem pleasant and intelligent souls but, then, when
seen together discussing their divorce may both seem different people
and utterly insane.
--
John McCreery
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