Sander deWaal wrote:
"Bruce C. Miller" said:

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You're digging yourself deeper and deeper into it, my boy.

You value silence and like to be alone with your thoughts, you wrote.
I suggest you continue doing so for a while, and post back to us when
you have a clue as to why you get reactions like Andre's.

You expected agreement and even appraisal, especially from him, and
you're not getting it. Au contraire.

Well, he seems to have been set off by my use of a certain word.
Hopefully my most recent reply will clear things up for him.

To me, it is painfully clear why this is so.


Confucius say: "Lead by example." *)




*) but do so in silence

The subject matter is benign, in my opinion. There are more important
things in life than what movies we watch. Had my post been "The making
of a modern Intelligensia" or "The making of a Moral Superior," then
perhaps what Confucius says would be more relevant. Besides, I'm asking
for advice, not preaching it.