ANST - a total waste of energies ...

[Bill Wadley]

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The SCA newsgroups and lists have always, regardless of topic, been 
chock full of strife. I'm specifically going to get this book in the
hopes of understanding what the problem is. Seriously. I don't work
for Amazon or the author, I'm just wondering why I feel comfortable
ignoring the ends of any thread that has gone on for more than 3 days. 

The Argument Culture : Stopping America's War of Words 
   by Deborah, Phd. Tannen 
   Paperback - 346 pages 1 ballanti edition (February 1999) 
   Ballantine Books (Trd Pap); 
   ISBN: 0345407512

"In The Argument Culture she posits that misunderstanding is endemic in
our culture because we tend to believe that the best way to a common
goal is by thrashing out all our differences as loudly as possible
along the way. Thus we are treated to a whole array of confrontational
public forums, from congressional partisan politics to media circuses
a la Jerry Springer and Jenny Jones, all based on a metaphor of war.
What gets lost in all the shouting, Tannen says, is thoughtful debate
and real understanding. Perhaps it's time to consider other methods of
communication, she suggests."

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345407512/qid%3D925969159/002-0999440-5302201

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"The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program."
 -Larry Niven

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