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[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by LΩVE

I disagree with the logic that people who read about experiences are more valuable than people who have been in those situations. They are valuable in different ways.

I am not talking about people who only "read about experiences." Your assumptions of what it means to have an expertise are guiding your replies.

Originally Posted by LΩVE

If these discussions should be limited to only those who spend extensive amounts of time researching the topic, then maybe it should never ever be broached here.

This is GC, anyone can participate and that's what everyone's doing. KSig RC and I are making a general point that you keep wanting to only apply to GC.

On that note, this "opinion discussion" is boring as hell. What's worse than opinions-and-assholes is people who want to type long posts about their right to express their opinion.

[LΩVE]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I am not talking about people who only "read about experiences." Your assumptions of what it means to have an expertise are guiding your replies.



This is GC, anyone can participate and that's what everyone's doing. KSig RC and I are making a general point that you keep wanting to only apply to GC.

On that note, this "opinion discussion" is boring as hell. What's worse than opinions-and-assholes is people who want to type long posts about their right to express their opinion.

Then should you explain what you mean by expertise? I do not believe these posts have been general. Yours maybe, but others were not.

The scamper off.

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

In case you didn't see it yet:

http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showth...85#post1765485

I did not, but I bow to your so very adulty behavior you have demonstrated over the last day.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by LΩVE

Then should you explain what you mean by expertise?

Should I? No.

Will I? In my own way.

As KSig RC stated, you pick up on the less substantive points and nitpick to create a strawman argument for yourself. Now you've become sidetracked by "layperson," "experience," and "expertise."

Personal experience is not the end-all and be-all for most things. Would you go to a doctor whose only knowledge of, and experience with, sickness is that she had a cold or was diagnosed with cancer before? Doctors not only have personal experiences but they have worked with others who have personal experiences. This hands-on knowledge is matched with reading and research that allow them to engage on theoretical and substantive levels with other doctors and reach out to laypersons.

The End. Seriously.

[LΩVE]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Should I? No.

Will I? In my own way.

As KSig RC stated, you pick up on the less substantive points and nitpick to create a strawman argument for yourself. Now you've become sidetracked by "layperson," "experience," and "expertise."

Personal experience is not the end-all and be-all for most things. Would you go to a doctor whose only knowledge of, and experience with, sickness is that she had a cold or was diagnosed with cancer before? Doctors not only have personal experiences but they have worked with others who have personal experiences. This hands-on knowledge is matched with reading and research that allow them to engage on theoretical and substantive levels with other doctors and reach out to laypersons.

The End. Seriously.

I did not say it was the end all. I said it was valid and shouldn't be dismissed.

If it's the end then PLEASE f-o.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by LΩVE

If it's the end then PLEASE f-o.

See, it's hard to cede you any sort of high ground when you finish with "PLEASE fuck off." I get that you don't want to take anyone's shit or whatever - trust me, we get it. But there's a difference between having a spine and telling someone to fuck off, you know?

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

See, it's hard to cede you any sort of high ground when you finish with "PLEASE fuck off." I get that you don't want to take anyone's shit or whatever - trust me, we get it. But there's a difference between having a spine and telling someone to fuck off, you know?

The wonderful thing is that not everyone is so easily condescended and dismissed as that poster is. She protests so much because she has to.

[LΩVE]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

See, it's hard to cede you any sort of high ground when you finish with "PLEASE fuck off." I get that you don't want to take anyone's shit or whatever - trust me, we get it. But there's a difference between having a spine and telling someone to fuck off, you know?

Here's the story: I repeatedly get told to suck and up and behave myself, but as I've stated before, I'm not going to take attitude.

He ends all posts to me with some silly-snide remark about how wasteful it is to respond and then KEEPS DOING IT. At this point, I'm out of patience. If it's such a yawn waste of time then quit responding...I fail to understand the appeal in baiting.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by LΩVE

Here's the story: I repeatedly get told to suck and up and behave myself, but as I've stated before, I'm not going to take attitude.

She ends all posts to me with some silly-snide remark about how wasteful it is to respond and then KEEPS DOING IT. At this point, I'm out of patience. If it's such a yawn waste of time then quit responding...I fail to understand the appeal in baiting.

Long story short: Shut up, idiot.

ETA: You have taken your interpretation of my posts, made it about you and only you, and run with it. You are paranoid and have filled your brain beyond its capacity.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

As KSig RC stated, you pick up on the less substantive points and nitpick to create a strawman argument for yourself. Now you've become sidetracked by "layperson," "experience," and "expertise."

The End. Seriously.

Yep.