http://writelife.net/2009/04/21/i-can-be-as-stupid-as-anyone/ asking questions and discovering how little I know Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://writelife.net/2009/04/21/i-can-be-as-stupid-as-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-27052 Bill Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:08:11 +0000 http://writelife.net/?p=1177#comment-27052 Yes, if I'd taken a moment and been more thoughtful, I wouldn't have written something that lumped everyone (politicians/citizens/business) together, because I don't actually see it that way. But that's he problem with a knee jerk response. Yes, if I’d taken a moment and been more thoughtful, I wouldn’t have written something that lumped everyone (politicians/citizens/business) together, because I don’t actually see it that way. But that’s he problem with a knee jerk response.

]]> http://writelife.net/2009/04/21/i-can-be-as-stupid-as-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-57420 Bill Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:08:00 +0000 http://writelife.net/?p=1177#comment-57420 Yes, if I'd taken a moment and been more thoughtful, I wouldn't have written something that lumped everyone (politicians/citizens/business) together, because I don't actually see it that way. But that's he problem with a knee jerk response. Yes, if I’d taken a moment and been more thoughtful, I wouldn’t have written something that lumped everyone (politicians/citizens/business) together, because I don’t actually see it that way. But that’s he problem with a knee jerk response.

]]> http://writelife.net/2009/04/21/i-can-be-as-stupid-as-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-27030 mikel Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:43:48 +0000 http://writelife.net/?p=1177#comment-27030 It's not that bad, you even got somebody agreeing with your right after, which is worth more than a bunch of 'thumbs ups' (which also suffer from that same immediacy). The real problem I see is that you are equating the CITIZENS of the city with the government. Woodside is essentially an elected dictator. Although the Gleaner points out that so long as you are a developer with eight units you get a discount, that doesn't figure into the 'level playing field' for some reason. So you essentially called everybody in the city 'dull, tedious and self centred'. But there is nothing wrong with the intention of showing disapproval for a public decision-that's the only way politicians ever know when they are unpopular. It’s not that bad, you even got somebody agreeing with your right after, which is worth more than a bunch of ‘thumbs ups’ (which also suffer from that same immediacy). The real problem I see is that you are equating the CITIZENS of the city with the government. Woodside is essentially an elected dictator. Although the Gleaner points out that so long as you are a developer with eight units you get a discount, that doesn’t figure into the ‘level playing field’ for some reason. So you essentially called everybody in the city ‘dull, tedious and self centred’. But there is nothing wrong with the intention of showing disapproval for a public decision-that’s the only way politicians ever know when they are unpopular.

]]> http://writelife.net/2009/04/21/i-can-be-as-stupid-as-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-57419 mikel Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:43:00 +0000 http://writelife.net/?p=1177#comment-57419 It's not that bad, you even got somebody agreeing with your right after, which is worth more than a bunch of 'thumbs ups' (which also suffer from that same immediacy). The real problem I see is that you are equating the CITIZENS of the city with the government. Woodside is essentially an elected dictator. Although the Gleaner points out that so long as you are a developer with eight units you get a discount, that doesn't figure into the 'level playing field' for some reason. So you essentially called everybody in the city 'dull, tedious and self centred'. But there is nothing wrong with the intention of showing disapproval for a public decision-that's the only way politicians ever know when they are unpopular. It’s not that bad, you even got somebody agreeing with your right after, which is worth more than a bunch of ‘thumbs ups’ (which also suffer from that same immediacy). The real problem I see is that you are equating the CITIZENS of the city with the government. Woodside is essentially an elected dictator. Although the Gleaner points out that so long as you are a developer with eight units you get a discount, that doesn’t figure into the ‘level playing field’ for some reason. So you essentially called everybody in the city ‘dull, tedious and self centred’. But there is nothing wrong with the intention of showing disapproval for a public decision-that’s the only way politicians ever know when they are unpopular.

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