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Date Posted: 20:46:48 12/08/10 Wed
Author: En Pointe
Subject: Re: Time to change things here
In reply to: Valerie 's message, "Re: Time to change things here" on 20:11:56 12/08/10 Wed

I guess that I'm not seeing where topics get hijacked by random posts. Is it when someone returns to the board and another person greets them? Is it when there is a disagreement on a topic? What is considered 'random?' What is considered 'extraneous?' As an anthropologist, word choice is important to me, especially when vague concepts such as these are loosely thrown about without any contextualization. During face-to-face conversations, part of human communication is to stray away from the original topic and to use the subjects brought up as a jumping board for extension of such communication. I don't mean to be nitpicking here, but if part of the aim of posting or communicating on this board is to remain
within the confines of the thread and to spare others from having to skip over parts in which they are not interested, then it feels a bit childish, like having to color within the lines. It defies the principles of humans actually communicate, especially when not face-to-face. If I want my train of thought censored or mediated by someone else, then I can travel overseas to any number of countries where I've conducted fieldwork in
order to get arrested and thrown in jail. And I say this not in any form of anger or mean spiritedness... Just a fact of my experiences abroad.

Joanna

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[> [> [> Agreement -- Brittany, 09:33:10 12/09/10 Thu

I just want to say that I'm agreeing 100% with what Joanna is saying on everything in this thread. She took what was in my head and wrote it out more eloquently than I could :)

I would just like to add, though, that if we were all at a movie premiere party or something, would we all just be talking about the movie and actors? I don't think so! Every conversation leads to something else. Even in meetings, the topic can get off subject, but that gets reigned in so work can be accomplished. But is this a meeting? Is that the kind of atmosphere we want to have?


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