(April 26, 2013 at 2:41 pm)whateverist Wrote: Yeah, maybe I should send advice to the ones I like early on.
Frankly I like the edginess of the not-so-tightly enforced politeness. I wouldn't like phony. Maybe I should just speak up more for my favorites.
I think this is a good idea.
Part of me feels bad for the new people that are polite, and part of me thinks that maybe they should have known better than to jump in unprepared for the fact that no one's going to coddle them and their beliefs. That's why I think the best position is to just let people know not to take it personally and ignore what really bothers them.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell