Re: 3 (& a mini defense lesson for all my listeners/clickers)

Posted by Tiggy on September 04, 1999 at 15:40:32:

In Reply to: Re: 3 (& a mini defense lesson for all my listeners/clickers) posted by Cecil on September 04, 1999 at 07:27:37:

You see Cecil. (See my message on the other board re your 'marking of my essay'. People don't like it when you tell them what you think in a way that closes the situation. Like because you think it, it must be the ultimate truth. That's why to say, 'I disagree' is pompous, it assumes a false dignity, too much emphasis on the 'I'. One's inclined to say, 'And who are you?' or 'So what'. its like you're saying your so important we'd better all sit up and take notice because your such an authority and the final arbiter, the master has spoken.

Maybe it's just a way of talking that you've picked up and you don't think that way at all but that's how it comes across. And the Enneagram books and teachers all stress not to use it to tell other people what they are.

Sorry to be critical, Cecil, but its an unfortunate mannerism.

Tiggy

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