Old Project Avalon Forum (ARCHIVE) - View Single Post - Bring back avalon to the original state

Richard T · 09-24-2008, 06:26 PM

When you are a guest in a house that is not yours, you don't move their furniture around to suit your tastes.

A forum is the same thing.

It is the forum creators' prerogative to do as they see fit in accord to their objectives.

Would you go to a friend's house and say:
If you don't organize your furniture to my taste I won't be coming back?

People give a lot of advice.

But advice is only valuable when:
1- Tt is asked for
2- It really is made for the benefit of the recipient.

But people see things from their perspective and their advice is generally geared toward their own experience, therefore pretty useless to the one at which the advice is given.

We want to change the world to fit our personal views so that we may not have to change.
Changing others for one's own sake is a subtle game of influence, and influence is under the law of domination.

So, imagine what this means for communication. Everybody pulling the cover to his corner. No surprise if the cover tears at one point.

People don't really want to change. They want the world around them to adjust to their condition. And he who has the most clout prevails. And that has to change, but it can only change if individuals change.

So, if I come here and am gracefully allowed in, I must have enough respect to accept the rules of the rulers of the house.

09-24-2008, 06:26 PM	#35
Richard T Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 179	Re: Bring back avalon to the original state - please!!! When you are a guest in a house that is not yours, you don't move their furniture around to suit your tastes. A forum is the same thing. It is the forum creators' prerogative to do as they see fit in accord to their objectives. Would you go to a friend's house and say: If you don't organize your furniture to my taste I won't be coming back? People give a lot of advice. But advice is only valuable when: 1- Tt is asked for 2- It really is made for the benefit of the recipient. But people see things from their perspective and their advice is generally geared toward their own experience, therefore pretty useless to the one at which the advice is given. We want to change the world to fit our personal views so that we may not have to change. Changing others for one's own sake is a subtle game of influence, and influence is under the law of domination. So, imagine what this means for communication. Everybody pulling the cover to his corner. No surprise if the cover tears at one point. People don't really want to change. They want the world around them to adjust to their condition. And he who has the most clout prevails. And that has to change, but it can only change if individuals change. So, if I come here and am gracefully allowed in, I must have enough respect to accept the rules of the rulers of the house.