Anyone in the mood for a spot of dry melodrama?
Yes. It was rather general. That’s why I called it passive.
Let’s not lose sight of the context so soon. “The issue is: […]” - Where? Where is this an issue? Apparently not in this thread. So what’s the relevance? Wait… “As to whether this is a job for a CEO […]” - when was such a dilemma broached? Not in this thread either? So what’s the relevance? Wait… “come on guys…what are you talking about…” - who are you referring to? Apparently no one in this thread. So, what’s the relevance?
Heck, you had already misinterpreted my position once prior, or at least met it in an eerily similar fashion. What was a critique of tact was met with an interpretation that it was a critique of any defense, and so an argument was put forth for defense. What was a critique of tact, assuming what you said was passively in reference to me, was met with an interpretation that it was a critique of any involvement by you, and so an argument was put forth for your involvement. You have since used a more recent post of mine to drive home the latter, an address to a critique that I, in that same post, explicitly said I had not made - and left your response at that, with no interest as to what my critique, if not the one you thought, could be.
Maybe… a brief allegory…
A group of acquaintances are discussing sports at a cocktail party. But there’s that one downer who has to put his two cents in. The downer says, “I can’t really get into sports. The triumph, as genuine as it is, just isn’t personal enough for me.” Seeing that the remark has left something of an awkward situation, the downer heads off for the buffet. As he’s leaving, someone else in the discussion remarks with the following, mind you with a big smile on his face, “As for whether or not sports can be appreciated - come on - of course they can. The issue is: people just aren’t man enough to realize it.”
Though Melih, if you’re getting the sneaking suspicion that the character speaking at the end of the story might be intended to represent you, don’t. It was just a general story. People are quite often passive in their dealings with others.
Now, let’s say hypothetically, I buy that what you said had nothing to do with me. That would still leave my critique unacknowledged, now wouldn’t it?
(Hopefully this was entertaining to the larger portion of you. See, as a pseudo intellectual, and I mean that in the most derogatory way, I’m pretty insecure about my cognitive abilities. So when I’m being taken for a ride, or expected to ‘eat it’, well, a part of me dies inside.)