tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364957201792783158.post3833409625606540595..comments2019-03-16T22:13:26.796-07:00Comments on Witter...: This Time it's Personal ~ part 12Steve Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04939837731535127700noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364957201792783158.post-36145378325497437522014-07-30T13:22:23.594-07:002014-07-30T13:22:23.594-07:00Oh. Ok then. Excellent. I've been planning the...Oh. Ok then. Excellent. I've been planning the next one for a while but as we're moving house this week i'm not sure when i'll have time to write it. <br />See you thenSteve Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939837731535127700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364957201792783158.post-76900816071441702322014-07-30T03:20:48.404-07:002014-07-30T03:20:48.404-07:00Not exasperated at all, dear Steve. I made some po...Not exasperated at all, dear Steve. I made some points and you answered them. You exposed the poor aim of some of my points, & raised further ones which appeared to invite my disagreement, but I didn't feel that would advance things much.<br /><br />So yes, I am indeed waiting to see what you will write next. Looking at previous interaction, I regret the tone of what I wrote, but then it Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364957201792783158.post-7695966395902376872014-07-30T02:36:39.565-07:002014-07-30T02:36:39.565-07:00I've given this some more thought. I don't...I've given this some more thought. I don't know if your silence reflects your exasperation with me and my continued futile 'displacement activity' or if you're just waiting to see what I'll write next.<br />Anyway - "looking through the lens of your anger so you cannot see the thing clearly" - I could accuse you of looking through the lens of whatever emotion youSteve Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939837731535127700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364957201792783158.post-10974369118019396392014-07-20T01:00:00.701-07:002014-07-20T01:00:00.701-07:00"...then you will be able to look at the thin..."...then you will be able to look at the thing objectively and see what can be done."<br />Ah - ok - so you are not necessarily saying it's not worth trying.<br /><br />Firstly I am not simply angry all the time. In fact it's a relatively small part of the time (10%?) but when I am it feels completely out of proportion, it makes me feel wretched rather than better and of course Steve Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939837731535127700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364957201792783158.post-74012497963787311652014-07-19T08:44:08.719-07:002014-07-19T08:44:08.719-07:00Well the point is that you are looking through the...Well the point is that you are looking through the lens of your anger so you cannot see the thing clearly.<br /><br />It is true that if something is eating your leaves you need to know if it is a slug or a caterpillar because each may need a different anti-creature spray. Your car han have parts replaced. Etc. But I don't know how you can repair your past: your DNA, your parents, the events Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364957201792783158.post-17096808009382173202014-07-19T04:16:32.140-07:002014-07-19T04:16:32.140-07:00"Why not declare self-hatred for practical pu..."Why not declare self-hatred for practical purposes the root cause of all the other annoyances"<br />Because I don't know why you'd think that makes sense.<br />Why would a person hate himself without a reason? <br /><br />"Stop looking for a scapegoat" Or perhaps, Vincent, I'm looking for a cause. Why wouldn't I do that? It's how I'd approach any otherSteve Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939837731535127700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364957201792783158.post-10728196248365762832014-07-19T02:05:52.639-07:002014-07-19T02:05:52.639-07:00So, now we have been on an Odyssey of a whodunnit,...So, now we have been on an Odyssey of a whodunnit, a search far and wide for the culprit. All we found was one or other throw of the dice, some form of randomness. Like Ulysses we finally come home to the self, discovering that it’s riven with self-hatred.<br /><br />To look for its antecedents is nothing more than a distraction, a displacement activity. We have to start somewhere, so why not Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com