Comments for Bakaitis.com http://www.bakaitis.com Equal opportunity employer of small and large words. Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on How to go crazy in one simple step: Stand still. by Lee http://www.bakaitis.com/2009/12/11/how-to-go-crazy-in-one-simple-step-stand-still/comment-page-1/#comment-37844 Lee Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:45 +0000 http://www.bakaitis.com/?p=2276#comment-37844 I do think its a good idea to always have a plan "B". I do think its a good idea to always have a plan “B”.

]]> Comment on Compassion – General Thoughts by Adam Harvey http://www.bakaitis.com/2009/12/08/compassion-general-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-37843 Adam Harvey Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:04:23 +0000 http://www.bakaitis.com/?p=2268#comment-37843 Yeah, I didn't mean to suggest that you restrict yourself to binary thought, more that it might help you think about what compassion isn't to get an idea regarding what it is. You're talking about an emotion/reaction that probably wouldn't exist outside of any social organism, since it implies group concern. Does this mean lack of compassion is antisocial or asocial? (Ex: You can't feel compassion for yourself, it has to exist in regard to an external object. Q.E.D.) You could also think of compassion as a subset of "group concern". <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanidar_Cave#Shanidar_1" rel="nofollow">Shanidar 1</a> is often pointed out as an example of group concern among early homonids. Yeah, I didn’t mean to suggest that you restrict yourself to binary thought, more that it might help you think about what compassion isn’t to get an idea regarding what it is. You’re talking about an emotion/reaction that probably wouldn’t exist outside of any social organism, since it implies group concern. Does this mean lack of compassion is antisocial or asocial? (Ex: You can’t feel compassion for yourself, it has to exist in regard to an external object. Q.E.D.)

You could also think of compassion as a subset of “group concern”. Shanidar 1 is often pointed out as an example of group concern among early homonids.

]]> Comment on Compassion – General Thoughts by matt http://www.bakaitis.com/2009/12/08/compassion-general-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-37842 matt Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:16:07 +0000 http://www.bakaitis.com/?p=2268#comment-37842 I'm skeptical that everything has an opposite. This is probably the case here. If I say "emotionally numb", I may capture the inability to feel but that isn't the opposite of being able to share in the pain of another. I could say "indifferent" but that may simply be situational or only in specific situations. Both are sorta kinda opposites but aren't really opposites. I think "clinical" is as close as you get but even that has other meanings which make the antonym match an imperfect one. No, we don't always need opposites, especially when trying to describe the nuances of an emotion that would b strictly introverted and (I'd guess) egocentric. I’m skeptical that everything has an opposite. This is probably the case here.

If I say “emotionally numb”, I may capture the inability to feel but that isn’t the opposite of being able to share in the pain of another.

I could say “indifferent” but that may simply be situational or only in specific situations.

Both are sorta kinda opposites but aren’t really opposites. I think “clinical” is as close as you get but even that has other meanings which make the antonym match an imperfect one.

No, we don’t always need opposites, especially when trying to describe the nuances of an emotion that would b strictly introverted and (I’d guess) egocentric.

]]> Comment on Compassion – General Thoughts by Adam Harvey http://www.bakaitis.com/2009/12/08/compassion-general-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-37841 Adam Harvey Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:39:48 +0000 http://www.bakaitis.com/?p=2268#comment-37841 It might be worthwhile to think about a few other questions: What is the opposite of compassion? What are the implications of that emotion? How does those additional facets alter what you've already mentioned? It might be worthwhile to think about a few other questions:

What is the opposite of compassion?
What are the implications of that emotion?
How does those additional facets alter what you’ve already mentioned?

]]> Comment on Compassion – General Thoughts by Timothy DeWees http://www.bakaitis.com/2009/12/08/compassion-general-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-37840 Timothy DeWees Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:07:57 +0000 http://www.bakaitis.com/?p=2268#comment-37840 One of my biggest issues with being a manager is I could not remain distant. I was unable to make the tough calls without feeling remorse. I was depressed for days when I had to let an employee go. One of my biggest issues with being a manager is I could not remain distant. I was unable to make the tough calls without feeling remorse. I was depressed for days when I had to let an employee go.

]]> Comment on Completionist by Walt http://www.bakaitis.com/2009/12/02/completionist/comment-page-1/#comment-37838 Walt Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:31:51 +0000 http://www.bakaitis.com/?p=2206#comment-37838 I try never to buy a book that I don't read(excluding those romances I occasionaly buy for my wife or those I may buy for others), it may take me a few weeks or even months,if it's a topic I am not enthused about,the same goes for library books, but since I actually put forth the effort to buy or borrow said book seems a pointless waste of said effort not to finish the thing. I try never to buy a book that I don’t read(excluding those romances I occasionaly buy for my wife or those I may buy for others), it may take me a few weeks or even months,if it’s a topic I am not enthused about,the same goes for library books, but since I actually put forth the effort to buy or borrow said book seems a pointless waste of said effort not to finish the thing.

]]> Comment on Right. by knwd http://www.bakaitis.com/2009/12/03/right/comment-page-1/#comment-37837 knwd Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:08:41 +0000 http://www.bakaitis.com/?p=2210#comment-37837 She's definitely one of the best political speakers I've heard in a long while. While I have certain personal/religious reservations on this topic, I agree whole-heartedly with her statement that "the role of government is to administer the contract that they agree to enter into." I think it's time for the Church and the State to go their separate ways on the definition of marriage. The State should oversee the civil/legal aspects of marriage contracts, while the Church may continue to provide guidance on the personal, moral, and religious aspects of marriage. She’s definitely one of the best political speakers I’ve heard in a long while.

While I have certain personal/religious reservations on this topic, I agree whole-heartedly with her statement that “the role of government is to administer the contract that they agree to enter into.”

I think it’s time for the Church and the State to go their separate ways on the definition of marriage. The State should oversee the civil/legal aspects of marriage contracts, while the Church may continue to provide guidance on the personal, moral, and religious aspects of marriage.

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