TCS (was What If Questions)
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In a message dated 4/28/02 9:36:30 AM, Katedavislawfirm@... writes:
<< Where did this ridiculousness originate, anyway? >>
It's not the most ridiculous theory in the world, but I've never yet seen
anyone explain it in an actually-practical way. I've seen people get all
caught up in it and get excited and then wander away to get all excited about
something else.
Here's the official definiton of coercion for their purposes:
-=-Coercive: In TCS usage, a person is under coercion if they are enacting
one idea or impulse while a contrary one is still active in their mind – in
other words, if they are literally acting against their own will. Being in
such a state of mind is psychologically harmful. -=-
If a parent gets kinda tired of taking care of a child, I guess, they're
being coerced to continue to care for him.
It is my opinion that just because someone says that it is psychologically
harmful not to attend to one's own immediate desires in every second doesn't
even NEARLY make it true.
If you want to read some of the stuff directly, here are some links:
http://www.sarahlawrence.org/
http://www.tcs.ac/Journal/
http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~tcs/links.html
<< Where did this ridiculousness originate, anyway? >>
It's not the most ridiculous theory in the world, but I've never yet seen
anyone explain it in an actually-practical way. I've seen people get all
caught up in it and get excited and then wander away to get all excited about
something else.
Here's the official definiton of coercion for their purposes:
-=-Coercive: In TCS usage, a person is under coercion if they are enacting
one idea or impulse while a contrary one is still active in their mind – in
other words, if they are literally acting against their own will. Being in
such a state of mind is psychologically harmful. -=-
If a parent gets kinda tired of taking care of a child, I guess, they're
being coerced to continue to care for him.
It is my opinion that just because someone says that it is psychologically
harmful not to attend to one's own immediate desires in every second doesn't
even NEARLY make it true.
If you want to read some of the stuff directly, here are some links:
http://www.sarahlawrence.org/
http://www.tcs.ac/Journal/
http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~tcs/links.html
Elliot Temple
From: <SandraDodd@...>
"If a parent gets kinda tired of taking care of a child, I guess, they're
being coerced to continue to care for him."
No. The child hasn't done anything to coerce the parent, so it would be
wrong to say the child is coercing the parent. What you could say (but I'd
claim it makes no sense) is that the parent coerced emself by having a
child, and thereby creating a bunch of duties. The parent is resenting eir
past choice, which is no one elses fault.
"If a parent gets kinda tired of taking care of a child, I guess, they're
being coerced to continue to care for him."
No. The child hasn't done anything to coerce the parent, so it would be
wrong to say the child is coercing the parent. What you could say (but I'd
claim it makes no sense) is that the parent coerced emself by having a
child, and thereby creating a bunch of duties. The parent is resenting eir
past choice, which is no one elses fault.
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In a message dated 4/28/2002 9:07:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
--pamS
Some of what is said here may challenge you, shock you, disturb you, or seem
harsh. But remember that people are offering it to be helpful and what feels
uncomfortable to you might be just what someone else needed to hear.
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SandraDodd@... writes:
> It's not the most ridiculous theory in the world, but I've never yet seenThe "practicalities" page of their website is 'under construction' <G>.
> anyone explain it in an actually-practical way.
--pamS
Some of what is said here may challenge you, shock you, disturb you, or seem
harsh. But remember that people are offering it to be helpful and what feels
uncomfortable to you might be just what someone else needed to hear.
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