Re: [issues] Time for me to weigh in + what constitutes a cat fight.

2000-08-08 Thread jenn
Deirdre Saoirse wrote: > Well, it's not only irrelevant, it's counterproductive. As long as it's > someone else's fault, nothing can be done to help minimize or solve the > problems. I disagree. Regardless of whose fault something is, anyone can act to minimize or solve it. For an everyday phy

Re: [issues] Time for me to weigh in + what constitutes a cat fight.

2000-08-08 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Simon Britnell wrote: > To a large degree, I think I agree with Deirdre that everyone needs to > take responsibility for their own well-being, status etc. I too see > blame as largely irrelevant. Well, it's not only irrelevant, it's counterproductive. As long as it's someone

Re: [issues] Time for me to weigh in + what constitutes a cat fight.

2000-08-08 Thread lou
"There seems to be two poles of attitude, summed up thus: 1) "I have a problem, but nobody else gives a shit, so I'm either going to fix it myself or suffer." 2) "I have a problem, but somebody else caused it, so I'm going to demand that they fix it" There are actually more than two poles here,

Re: [issues] Time for me to weigh in + what constitutes a cat fight.

2000-08-08 Thread Nico Hailey
On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 10:03:34AM +1200, Simon Britnell wrote: > > This has me thinking about the following questions: > 1) What are the essential features of a "cat fight" > 2) Why do I see them as a female thing > I suspect the answer to 1 is complex and the answer to 2 has to do with >

[issues] Time for me to weigh in + what constitutes a cat fight.

2000-08-08 Thread Simon Britnell
There are two topics here. The second is labelled CATFIGHT. To a large degree, I think I agree with Deirdre that everyone needs to take responsibility for their own well-being, status etc. I too see blame as largely irrelevant. I'm going to come at this from two angles, so bear with me thro