[78] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
THe Organization KID
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Zhelinrentice L Scott)
Fri Apr 20 03:08:49 2001
Message-Id: <200104200708.DAA16863@biohazard-cafe.mit.edu>
To: Kendall B McConnel <kendallm@MIT.EDU>, mit-talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Apr 2001 00:28:11 EDT."
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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 03:08:06 -0400
From: Zhelinrentice L Scott <zlscott@MIT.EDU>
Dear All,
I read that article in the Atlantic Monthly about
the "organizational kid." The point that was the most
impressive for me was the point about confrontation.
The article talks about how the "organizational kid" today
is extremely bent on being politically correct. Being
PC is soooo important that people say, "I am sorry, but..."
before they politely disagree.
Michael's and Aimee's debate is interesting. They have done away
with the "PC" niceities and are debating the merits of
objectivism, email rules of use, and the lack of equity at
the objectivism talk that happened at MIT.
I don't think either one is being disrespectful to the other.
They are just disagreeing. This discussion is fascinating,
and it's nice to see what people are really thinking.
I am soo tired of fake niceities. Reality is more
paltable.
Yes for Sourav, it must be depressing for him to see that
so many people are ripping his arguements to shreds, and
it is hard for me to take the pokes that are at me, but
they all make us intellectually stronger.
I think this discussion is in the spirit of mit-talk@mit.edu.
We are talking about issues that directly effect MIT students
such as email protocol, debate protocol, and how people really feel.
soaking this all in,
Zhe
