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Dave--
"Even the bashiest of the bashers."--has a nice ring to it!
posted by
Julia.
on August 10, 2005 at 9:29 AM
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Quirky, glad you replied as I often check back to see. Yes, I do believe too that all human beings are redeemable. Even the bashiest of the bashers.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 10, 2005 at 4:49 AM
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Factor--or is it Fiction? lol.
Hey, thanks for the sentiment and also the funny smiley...
posted by
Julia.
on August 9, 2005 at 8:26 AM
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Jemmie--
Perhaps we were separated at birth??
posted by
Julia.
on August 9, 2005 at 8:25 AM
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Dave Cryer--
What an exceptional comment--I'm glad that you took the time to think about this and offer those perspectives. I wouldn't say that I thought of this basher as
virtually irredeemable, though...certainly with faults... but isn't every human redeemable??
posted by
Julia.
on August 9, 2005 at 8:23 AM
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whacky--
I think some do it on purpose, some do it unintentionally and some do it knowing they are doing it even though it feels wrong. I don't know which is worse, to be "too sensitive" or not sensitive at all.
posted by
Julia.
on August 9, 2005 at 8:21 AM
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MayB--
those are some very good points you raise--there are so many different ways to interpret anything, and bashing bloggers is no exception.
posted by
Julia.
on August 9, 2005 at 8:18 AM
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Bashing can be fun...but only up to a point... and I agree with myddrin. So there! 
posted by
FactorFiction
on August 9, 2005 at 7:09 AM
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Hrmmmm...
This doesn't describe me as a blogger, but as a person in general.
posted by
Jemmie211
on August 9, 2005 at 4:15 AM
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Quirky, you've got my brain cranking too fast too early in the UK
Firstly, I think the last line is the most pertinent line. All bashers have a heart. Being like this in life is just that: it's only 'like this'. The background and reasoning for the basher is complex and always different to the next basher. Your basher is a very specific one, presented provocatively as a virtually irredeemable but omniscient soul. Other bashers differ, I feel, and as MayB suggests, we all have a bit of the basher inside us.
Secondly, if the basher demonstrates such idiosyncracies off line, then the whole world is twisted another twist because we're on Blogit. You can achieve certain things in our Blogit world by feigning some aspects of the basher.
Thirdly, MayB's proviso throws another variable into what and what does not constitute a basher. One person's bash is another person's fair fight of minds.
Interesting post, raising more questions than answers and I'm glad you took the time to explore the issue.
As for the sporadic rhyming and organising into lines - I'm all for it in prose. Prose doesn't have to be prosaic.
Regards,
Dave
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 9, 2005 at 1:17 AM
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I want to live and let live
I sometimes wonder if those who are doing the bashing even know what they are doing...They are so out of touch with their own feelings that they don't know when they hurt someone else. Then there are those like us, who are way too sensitive. I'd rather be that way than to hurt someone.
Take it easy.
posted by
Whacky
on August 9, 2005 at 12:48 AM
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Anyone who bashes anyone else can't be very happy on the inside. But in Blogit terms what constitutes a bashing I wonder? I don't believe in making personal attacks (that is a sign of weakness) but I do believe we should feel free to voice our opinion and take up points raised in posts. Unfortunately, sometimes here it is said we don't "play well" and are cast as "mean and judgemental' just for having a view which runs against the tide. I think that many of us suffer by that which probably makes it normal ;-)
posted by
Azur
on August 8, 2005 at 11:57 PM
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QuirkyAlone, I am more sensitive than I try to reveal.
posted by
Azur
on August 8, 2005 at 10:19 PM
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MayB--
You mean you noticed it with me?? That doesn't surprise me, you're very observant, and I'm often very obvious.
posted by
Julia.
on August 8, 2005 at 10:02 PM
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I have noticed this "push me-pull you" dynamic. I think we all do it some degree
posted by
Azur
on August 8, 2005 at 9:52 PM
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Thanks Shadow!!
posted by
Julia.
on August 8, 2005 at 9:05 PM
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Quirky,
Shadow
posted by
Keshet
on August 8, 2005 at 8:02 PM
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Usual--
Yeah, that's what I have heard...I've yet to put it into practise, though.
posted by
Julia.
on August 8, 2005 at 7:54 PM
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I know this feeling all too well...
no one likes to be vulnerable....but you gain nothing if you risk nothing. At least...that's what I hear...lol.
posted by
UsualSuspect
on August 8, 2005 at 7:46 PM
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shadow--
you are way too kind and such a good friend...I don't deserve you!
posted by
Julia.
on August 8, 2005 at 7:43 PM
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Joe Love--lol--
What, a girl can't have an occasional rhyme without it being a poem?
posted by
Julia.
on August 8, 2005 at 7:42 PM
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HolyGrail--
Oh gosh--is that what I was doing?? I didn't know---and I would stop if I knew how!
posted by
Julia.
on August 8, 2005 at 7:40 PM
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Quirky,
Might as well just give it up. We love ya and we are not going anywhere, so just accept it.
Shadow
posted by
Keshet
on August 8, 2005 at 7:39 PM
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Quirky
I noticed your last two lines have "stay" and "away" as a last word. Are you
sure this isn't a poem??!!
posted by
Joe_Love
on August 8, 2005 at 7:35 PM
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quirky
Stop channeling me! I said STOP.
posted by
Holy_Grail
on August 8, 2005 at 7:33 PM
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