Sunday, June 11, 2006

Appendix #3: Exceprts from Pho lsit

Dan Krimm, 6/8/07, 4:20PM:

Fair enough, not expecting heroic lost battles against max statutory damage
weapons. But Imeem got a denouncement and now Lala, how does that benefit anyone
or make a way forward that changes anything.

*big gallic shrug*

Uh, it *doesn't* benefit anyone or make a way forward that changes anything. :-)

Some people seem to like the status quo. They know who they are. Some call them "Dad" or "The Boss" (or maybe more like "the little birdy on Dad's shoulder whispering in his ear"). Others call them "Tarzan". Driven by paralyzing fear of falling/crashing, they don't think they can reach the next vine yet.

Some think they're merely swinging in the wrong direction, and if they swung over the other way they would discover many vines a-hanging to grab onto. (In fact, there are others over in the other direction who are throwing vines at them trying to get their attention, and others yet who are swinging back and forth on those other vines already, having a swinging time even with the risk of getting their vines cut down on occasion.)

But they still prefer the direction they're trying, if only because it always worked for them in the past. And they're still trying to cut down the other vines that might help them swing (instead of increasingly just dangling as the pendulum winds down), because those vines can help lots of others swing too, and that would empower way too many swingers in the market for their taste.

Go figure.

I'll echo that big gallic shrug.

Dan

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