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I believe that something about my previous post was not recieved as I originally intended it. It seems to have come across as passive-aggressive, where I meant it to be more philosophical. What I was attempting to convey was the issues that power can exacerbate in social groupings and the value of public discourse to that process. It was not meant to imply that anyone exercises absolute power or anything of that nature. Power is almost always a matter of internal social standing within subcultures, not a matter of overt power. The position of ST is a powerful position, because it has social standing associated with it, not because it allows the ST to do any untowards actions.
I apologize for any misunderstandings. I was somewhat unclear.
I apologize for any misunderstandings. I was somewhat unclear.
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What I suspect was your primary failing was forgetting to anticipate the fullness of degrees in a public protest. You took into account the social standing of the STs, but not your own, and what it would mean for you to do be the one doing the protesting.
Then again, it sounds like much of the original problems - which really remain the things to address - came (unsurprisingly, he adds, turning to face the jury with an above-the-glasses stare) from arguments over the nature of MET and the applications of the rules therein.
The other part seems to relate to the thematics of the thing, and how many times have we either A) personally clashed over thematics, B) quit games over the thematics or C) bemoaned other's poor sense of thematics. I mean, remember Fitz's game? It's the sort of thing that you and I have express concern for, and the sort of thing that, if we have ideas about the matter, can get in our way of enjoyment of a game, espeically because other people don't get it in the same way.
You have challenged someone's authority, and instead of it causing public discourse (a good notion, but there has to be a motivated public for it), it has become a challenge of personal authority, yours versus theirs, and as such, things get messy.
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