The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #118587   Message #2566378
Posted By: Little Hawk
13-Feb-09 - 07:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin!!
Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin!!
Ha! ;-) Lovely...!

The thing I really like about you, Peter, is that you actually listen carefully to what another person is saying, you think about it dispassionately, and you look for common ground. You don't just assume that a battle for personal supremacy has begun and you must win it. A great many people don't listen to what another person says, they have no intention of seriously thinking in any constructive way about what the other person said, and they automatically assume there is and must be a conflict. They don't seek to find common ground, because what they are after is VICTORY....

I enjoy discussing things with you. It's a positive experience.