Reply #161: Your insistence on hostility is truly bizarre and misplaced [View All]

It is also contrary to the spirit of your sig line, unfortunately.

"If modern man continues to flirt unhesitatingly with war, he will transform his earthly habitat into an inferno such as even the mind of Dante could not imagine...So we must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody that is far superior to the discords of war."--Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967

I am not responsible for your lack of comprehension or your anger. I acknowledged that I could have left off the word “creepiness” and might have been better understood.

“Is it okay to offer a concept for discussion: that the computer adds another dimension to the photo? If that is approved, perhaps then discuss whether the photo is "creepy" or "poignant" or what have you?”

That was intended as a peaceful post, trying to clear up some misunderstanding.

"Why did she bring the laptop?" That's okay to ask. No need for some posters to automatically assume that question is unfeeling. Why not consider how that changes her experience-- or is everyone so used to being constantly plugged in that anything else is unthinkable?

I have enough confidence in the reading comprehension skills of DUers to post what I have posted without arousing such misguided assumptions and misplaced hostility.

I am beginning to realize that my confidence in the good will and reading comprehension skills of DUers is sometimes undeserved.

You have already acknowledged that it is your ASSUMPTIONS that cause you to lash out at me:

“...(indicating to me that you didn't stop to think for a moment before posting or that you have some disregard for computers as a medium)...”

and severely misinterpreted my posts:

“...and then you claimed she was at a "photo op" and THEN you claimed hers wasn't a vigil. M'kay. Sorry, i just have a problem with your picking this gal apart.”

You ignored:

The horror of all the stories of lost lives and lost limbs in Iraq is that none of it was necessary.

Please check out BeTheChange’s reply mentioning Adbuster’s. Check that out and Marshall McLuhan, too. You might be interested and not so hostile in the future. Most likely this WILL be a photo in Adbuster's next issue. Maybe then you would be willing to give some thought to these unfamiliar concepts.

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