tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post6706616439725963589..comments2023-10-22T05:51:58.898-04:00Comments on Soob: Fairness: A Misconcieved American ParasiteJay@Soobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-28929276837897068102008-08-29T17:28:00.000-04:002008-08-29T17:28:00.000-04:00It would help, I think, if you had a kid of your o...It would help, I think, if you had a kid of your own in Little League. Then you might understand that LL is for fun, development of skills and promotion of baseball. It ain't for terrorizing the other team, being king of the mound, and developing Nolan Ryans. That comes later in Pony League and high school. If Jericho's mother had paid attention to the LL handouts, or just had any sense of community, she would know all this and have talked her son into not throwing so hard. Apparently, she'd rather start a fight. This is where it got him. What do you want to bet that if he was white, this story never would have seen the light of day?Dick Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08928787462157704978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-20711285423641655962008-08-27T22:34:00.000-04:002008-08-27T22:34:00.000-04:00Otto, this is a personal experience?Otto, this is a personal experience?Jay@Soobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-35956668154980131562008-08-27T22:07:00.000-04:002008-08-27T22:07:00.000-04:00Snoop, phew! Yeah, not good.Historian, indeed a fi...Snoop, phew! Yeah, not good.<BR/><BR/>Historian, indeed a fitting quote. I'd say American doesn't need a "Randian" society but it could stand to read and "get" a healthy dose of Randian wisdom.<BR/><BR/>jeff, yep hardly a surprise. but worrying none the less.Jay@Soobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-57587206555218941162008-08-27T08:22:00.000-04:002008-08-27T08:22:00.000-04:00All comments valid, and for poor Jericho to be int...All comments valid, and for poor Jericho to be introduced to such pathetic reasoning so early … <BR/><BR/>This post reminded me of something, what the poor lad experienced happens in the workplace a lot, to be put down because one is simply too good, different so to speak, thus punished for their abilities. I know someone who has experienced this, I know him intimately; reality sometimes hurts. I have tried to deal with it through writing; it helped somewhat though not completely. I gave myself a name: David Larkin smiled … <BR/><BR/>[ … ]<BR/><BR/><I>Like a movie reel, his fervent mind rerun diplomatic but heated exchanges that took place at school campus against a popular and deep-rooted view that advocated the virtues of consensus majoritarian mechanisms. His contrasting notions conveyed somewhat indirectly yet naturally and without apology, expressed that it is individualism and independence of thought that produced the best outcome, not that this was explicitly stated. It soon became apparent to all that this one, this Larkin, was a different apple, of a different order, misguided thought most, but brilliant nevertheless. The individual, his self-reliance, her liberty, his independence, her autonomy of thought and imagination ultimately built great business establishments. Delicately, but doggedly, he would make a case that large concerns, including most companies and enterprises, societies, institutions, the state - and some of the “mind numb second handers” that worked within them - more often that not, stifled the free flowing spirit of individual creativity. Larkin’s conviction, wholly embraced every contrasting stance to collectivism, communalism, holism and communitarianism. Thus, soon he was perceived as not merely unco-operative, but one who rejected all processes based on participatory inclusiveness and order within decision-making processes. This alone diverged greatly from quite nearly all management and leadership teachings of the day. After his final assignment, the highly esteemed Joseph Bradley of the Lettin Business School wrote of Larkin - amongst other things - ‘he seems to reject any views other than his own, etymologically speaking…to think and feel with the group…to reach consensus in any form of decision making…appears as if strangely alien to him’… <BR/><BR/>Why are you here? Because I wanted something, why else does anyone do anything, in my case I sought knowledge, greater understanding of the mechanics, the control points if you will, of those unseen forces that bind a status quo”.<BR/><BR/>“A status quo at the organizational and individual level that, for the most part, includes an unacceptable degree of mediocrity, is that right?”<BR/>“Thank you Mr Bradley, you are getting to know me”. <BR/>“Sounding a tad philosophical there David, can I assume your also referring to Management theory, I’ve read your work.”<BR/>“Management, Leadership issues, Teaching methodologies, character traits”… Bradley cuts in, <BR/>“So let me see now, are you citing the individual human psyche, the human condition if you like?”<BR/><BR/>Larkin replies, “There is no flaw; we’re all perfectly capable of being different. It is behavioral, having more to do with external”, he paused, “stimuli, for use of a better term.” <BR/><BR/>Joseph adjusted himself in his seat once again and refocused on David as if re-evaluating a stratagem, sizing up an adversary. <BR/><BR/>“What words would you use to describe these mediocre types to which you often refer?”<BR/><BR/>David was beginning to enter a realm that he was secure with, in his own element. <BR/><BR/>“There like pretenders, baseless types, somewhat unethical, dishonest to those they serve and to themselves. At the least, they are grossly hypocritical and in just about all cases, second handers. You know what is worse, there propensity to act as speed hump for those that do wish to excel”.<BR/><BR/>David’s fluency of speech, his demeanor, suggested that he had thought about what he was saying many times. From his point of view there was no disputing his remarks, he spoke as if stating universal truths of the physical world. <BR/><BR/>He continued, “How often have we heard it, about being part of a brain based economy where the best assets are your people, but how many leaders appreciate what this means? In the interests of doing something, anything, they create diversions, give the impression that they’re actually doing something, they fool around with the latest management fad, they re-structure, engage in deal making more oft than not, to consolidate there own arrangement.”<BR/><BR/>“But sometimes David, Joseph adds slowly with great composure, “one needs to do what one needs to do, to achieve a predetermined outcome, managing expectations is an interpersonal science unto itself.”<BR/><BR/>“Everything you have just said is true, but in addition and without selfishness of a regular nature, they should be creating environments where the brightest and best are sought, retained and unleashed, and, I might add the brightest need not automatically imply the most educated.”</I><BR/><BR/>You were the best and so we treated you the worst, punishing you for your abilities. How dare you be great and make all your peers seem so little, yes, pathetic and Marxist all right… Great post!Ottavio (Otto) Marasco https://www.blogger.com/profile/07813984603766878752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-59339158680727951052008-08-27T03:39:00.000-04:002008-08-27T03:39:00.000-04:00We're talking New Haven, Conn. A therapeutic cultu...We're talking New Haven, Conn. A therapeutic cultural center of progressivism. So...what did you expect? Pathetic.Jeff Willshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943209290786814576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-38667870537848839482008-08-26T20:15:00.000-04:002008-08-26T20:15:00.000-04:00Actually, that is beyond pathetic. It is Marxist....Actually, that is beyond pathetic. It is Marxist.<BR/><BR/>Although spelled differently, the message of the following quote is clear,<BR/><BR/>"Fare is what you pay on the bus. Everything else is real life".<BR/><BR/>Ain't that the truth.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415598500147558589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-18821688085742549412008-08-26T06:59:00.000-04:002008-08-26T06:59:00.000-04:00There is a rarely mentioned today story by William...There is a rarely mentioned today story by William Tenn (1951):<BR/><BR/>http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/Null-P<BR/><BR/>Predicts our future quite brilliantly. In some Northern Europe countries the tendency to punish excellence starts in kindergartens, UK displays it quote strongly.<BR/><BR/>You just wait...SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.com