17 Feb 09
People are no better...
People are no better in groups (in families, in friendship, in romance, in marriage, in business, in government, in country clubs, in fraternal
orders, in churches, secret societies or in any internet chess forum or club or clan) than they already are as mature/responsible individuals.
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17 Feb 09
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI know you are and what am I?
People are no better...
People are no better in groups (in families, in friendship, in romance, in marriage, in business, in government, in country clubs, in fraternal
orders, in churches, secret societies or in any internet chess forum or club or clan) than they already are as mature/responsible individuals.
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17 Feb 09
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyNever heard the term, YOUR FRIENDS WILL BRING YOU DOWN?
People are no better...
People are no better in groups (in families, in friendship, in romance, in marriage, in business, in government, in country clubs, in fraternal
orders, in churches, secret societies or in any internet chess forum or club or clan) than they already are as mature/responsible individuals.
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How about this one... GUILT BY ASSOCIATION.
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17 Feb 09
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI am way better in real life. 😛
People are no better...
People are no better in groups (in families, in friendship, in romance, in marriage, in business, in government, in country clubs, in fraternal
orders, in churches, secret societies or in any internet chess forum or club or clan) than they already are as mature/responsible individuals.
😉
17 Feb 09
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI'll disagree. I think there are many situations in which an individual is elevated in a group setting, and reach heights they might not otherwise reach as individuals. Peer motivation (a different dynamic than peer pressure) can do wonders.
People are no better...
People are no better in groups (in families, in friendship, in romance, in marriage, in business, in government, in country clubs, in fraternal
orders, in churches, secret societies or in any internet chess forum or club or clan) than they already are as mature/responsible individuals.
😉
17 Feb 09
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyNope. Groups have the potential to achieve beyond what the individual can do singlely. Think Habitat for Humanity/Boy Scouts/local church/etc. I don't have the money, time, or physical resources to accomplish by myself what those groups can do with me as a member. And the group adds to and builds me up at the same time. It is a conceit to think I am not better by working with the Scouts or that my church as a group offers nothing for my improvement. Groups work and they can help you be better too.
People are no better in groups...
than they already are as mature/responsible individuals.
17 Feb 09
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Originally posted by MontyMooseThread premises point in time (not unlike Hegel's stepping into and out of and back into a flowing and now different stream). Of course,
Nope. Groups have the potential to achieve beyond what the individual can do singlely. Think Habitat for Humanity/Boy Scouts/local church/etc. I don't have the money, time, or physical resources to accomplish by myself what those groups can do with me as a member. And the group adds to and builds me up at the same time. It is a conceit to think I am not b ...[text shortened]... as a group offers nothing for my improvement. Groups work and they can help you be better too.
nobody would deny the potential benefit of group affliations. Person's awareness, growth and value may well become enhanced over time.
17 Feb 09
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyIt's human nature to be on your best behavior if you think someone could see you. A group has the power to inhibit undesirable actions. It's why God was invented.
People are no better...
People are no better in groups (in families, in friendship, in romance, in marriage, in business, in government, in country clubs, in fraternal
orders, in churches, secret societies or in any internet chess forum or club or clan) than they already are as mature/responsible individuals.
😉
17 Feb 09
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyOf course. And like any other groups, they can be both positive and negative, although the ones you mention from cliques onwards seem to refer to certain types of groups / group dynamics that have a rather negative connotation.
Clubs and clans and cliques and mutual admiration societies and gregarious likeminded groupies = groups?