Comments | ca_katarina: Common Problem as a unifying "Common Enemy"

ca_katarina

Common Problem as a unifying "Common Enemy"

Dec 16, 2008 01:05

From my comments in the conversation following my post Perfectionism is In the Details:

Humans work on an "us" and "them" basis. As I said in a recent comment on a post that seems to have disappeared, I believe this to be "hardwired" into our systems, whereas WHO QUALIFIES as "us" and "not-us" (and therefore "them") is both socialized and ( Read more... )

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coen December 16 2008, 10:45:51 UTC

This time, I happen to completely agree with you ( ... )

Mm hmm, Mm hmm, WHAT!!, Mm Hmm... ca_katarina December 16 2008, 12:09:14 UTC

This time, I happen to completely agree with you.

Well, this time, it is my original writing, too.

The posts you have most taken issue with have been where I
have quoted others... who I thought made interesting points,
but not my own points. I can be interested in a perspective
that I do not altogether share... and enjoy the ensuing
conversation, as well.

The basic concept of "us" and "them" is pre-programmed in our mind, and is therefore unchangable. But the factors that define the borders between "us" and "them" are not static. They change all the time, and a lot faster than you think.Yes: it is "hardwired" vs. socialized, contextual and situational "software ( ... )

Re: Mm hmm, Mm hmm, WHAT!!, Mm Hmm... ca_katarina December 16 2008, 12:16:33 UTC

[CONTINUED]

There are a number of obvious reasons for me to qualify you as "them"; you are a woman while I am a man, you live on the wrong side of the ocean, you have another etnical and religious background, and you are religious while I am an atheist.Woman, check ( ... )

I put together a combination of this post and my following comments... ca_katarina December 29 2008, 15:26:53 UTC

... and posted it on my OKCupid account:

BlueLynx65 Journal Post #1

My oldest sister, who was a social activist, replied:

Well done.

I have experienced it where two community groups with separate agendas are briefly united for one effort - for whatever reason, their agendas coincide on one issue. And there’s a wonderful feeling of merging two different “us” groups and it feels like it could go on forever. But of course each group has a different ultimate goal - a different definition of “good” - so it’s only a matter of time before they reach a fork in the road, and that can be painful.

Marian

Opening up the distinctions.......and the space inbetween. bossiballs December 16 2008, 10:47:51 UTC

Hiya k.

Its ten thirty in the morning, here in London.

Am not yet properly awake,.. and barely got m' motor running..........in a mental context.

However,
even in my muddled state.......this post gets m'
juices going.

Twill be instructive to see just how much momentum this particular strand generates.
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As of right now....one is engaged.....and very tempted to launch into it with yer.

And.

Am nipping out of this particular conversational..... string theor...y/i-sat-tion/thread/strand/come what may

(to skim the other incomings)...and....
..."I'll be back."

Meanwhile..........."cool runnings".
d

Re: Opening up the distinctions.......and the space inbetween. ca_katarina December 16 2008, 10:55:51 UTC

Hiya, d.

coming up on 3am here in california.

this was written in response to stuff you wrote...

glad it continues to generate.

hugs,

k.

The moving finger, having writ. Moves on to write another bit. bossiballs December 16 2008, 18:47:49 UTC

I'm back ( ... )

AAAAAaaaarRRrRrrRrggG ! ! ! ca_katarina December 19 2008, 12:09:52 UTC

I had just finished a mid-length (for me) response to this, and my ( ... )

Re: AAAAAaaaarRRrRrrRrggG ! ! ! bossiballs December 19 2008, 17:02:56 UTC

Another take on all that.

(From Internet Explorer mode).

A bit later.

No disagreements.

And.

Like I said, this baby will fly.

I'll be back. I just need to complete with the feedback from last nights emotive explosion.*

So far, Coen is a maybe. "Beavis the wise" is
right out there in poetic stream of consciousnessing.......and has proven the eating
with respect to the ongoingness of the "work" as expressed in both......the website
http://www.i-balls.org

and the title one minute movie clip; itself the
precursor (to the world working 101) Series.

(Due sometime around now).

*In the emotional intelligence bag. (Inside various spacetime/space, time and money; continuum.............. relationships; in abstractions............."other-than".)

To be continued.......................

Re: The moving finger, having writ. Moves on to write another bit. ca_katarina December 19 2008, 12:43:30 UTC

"Semantics" is important -- worth looking up.

Let me know what you find the definitions to tell you.

K.

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And having read the having writ of this ongoing, otherishnessings. bossiballs December 19 2008, 15:58:41 UTC

Which is a contextual shift from ones priority #1 bag ( ... )

Back without alack. bossiballs December 19 2008, 21:44:13 UTC

K baby.

Am downhill on the clarity your umm.............word-wise-ing

has leapt between my ears.

Behind my eyes as it were.

One could get used to this.

Love what the as-envisaged(ing)... part of me is doing with the visuals............. on brain........ "continues after death."

In context with all the new take on the complexities of "Mind".

This is indeed this.

Not dissing this.... is what I should-have/could-have/would-have,
had Coen be dun doing.

Had one been this clear then.

Zenripples.
d

Re: Back without alack. ca_katarina December 23 2008, 16:47:09 UTC

Danka.

Should be getting some zzzzzzzs.

Many ripples back,

K.