TimR Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1391775429' post='2361129'] ...but why this virulent exageration all of a sudden..? I don't recognise your descriptionabove from the posts in this thread. It's been stated many times that qualifications are indeed valued; it has simply been mooted that they are not the only and definitive way of establishing competence. Is that so terrible an assertion..? [/quote] Ok. I think I've got threads confused, both this thread and the PAT thread seem to have run into a parrellel corner (if such a thing exists). Someone posted a video of a boiling frog. I was under the impression they thought the whole world was doomed because everyone was paralysed over bits of paper and H&S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 [quote name='jakenewmanbass' timestamp='1391776939' post='2361149'] Dad and flyfisher, it strikes me that some people, when faced with the apparently abhorrent if not terrifying notion that not all peoples on Earth agree with them, get their knickers in a twist. [/quote] It's not a slight disagreement, it's the assertion that we're all heading into a doomed blind alley. Which is plainly nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Glad to hear the nanny state doesn't exist then; that's one thing that really gets my goat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakenewmanbass Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 [quote name='TimR' timestamp='1391777061' post='2361153'] It's not a slight disagreement, it's the assertion that we're all heading into a doomed blind alley. Which is plainly nonsense. [/quote] Ok I'm going to say it out loud, Tim you're clearly educated and well informed on many subjects and I find accordance with things you say on many occasions sometimes not... this is the way of things. But for a person so clearly wedded to the idea of sharing your knowledge and insights with others it surprises me that that potential pleasure eludes you so frequently because of the manner in which you deliver your apparently all seeing all knowing sermon from upon some high place which no other mortal has achieved. Now, in saying that, I'm pretty sure that it's not your intention to present in such a manner, but hear the very tolerant gentle bass playing voices around you friend and realise that sometimes your approach is not finding favour according to the laws of getting along with people and delighting in sharing information in a rounded form of conversation... a forum if you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 [quote name='jakenewmanbass' timestamp='1391777578' post='2361159'] ... Now, in saying that, I'm pretty sure that it's not your intention to present in such a manner, ... [/quote] No it's not cheers. It just winds me up when people just repeat what they've read in the papers or some urban legend without thinking for themselves. People aren't stupid but what we're fond of doing is just repeating stuff without thinking whether it's right and if it goes against what we would like then it's doom and gloom or a conspiracy. My Facebook feed is full of it, the papers are full of it, my mates repeat it down the pub, people harp on about it here, my colleagues go on about it at work. I really am not surprised Fly and Dad have left the rat race and given up (obviously from the other standpoint) but I think if people just stopped to think for a second how things actually are, there'd be a lot more happiness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 And read that thinking of me with a gentle smile on my face and a pint in my hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakenewmanbass Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) [quote name='TimR' timestamp='1391779501' post='2361186'] And read that thinking of me with a gentle smile on my face and a pint in my hand. [/quote] I've often said that text leaves a lot to be said... and I'm pretty sure that I can come across in ways in which I never intended. I take your point But as was once said to me, 'it's more important to be kind than right' Edited February 7, 2014 by jakenewmanbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 [quote name='jakenewmanbass' timestamp='1391779681' post='2361188'] But as was once said to me, 'it's more important to be kind than right' [/quote] In politics, that is impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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