[MD] Virtually meaningful?

[MarshaV]

At 02:46 AM 9/9/2008, you wrote:
>[Marsha]
>Am I naive to expect trust and honesty between posters?
>
>[Arlo]
>Trust and honesty are not tied to some "real identity", Marsha. How are the
>value of my words tied to some corporeal image and whether or not 
>that image is
>"my actual body"? How does Arlo's "alter egos" or "other personae" 
>detract from
>whatever quality my ideas here may hold?
>
>The only "Marsha" I know is the one whose "reality" has been constructed here,
>from her words, and from whatever information "she" has chosen to 
>add. I do not
>care if this "Marsha" is different from any other identity ("Marsha" or
>otherwise) that also resides in the gray matter of some particular corporeal
>body somewhere. The "Marsha" I care about is the one that exists here, indeed,
>that is the only "real" Marsha I will ever know. And the value of your words
>are based on that, not on some expectation that all your personae have some
>continuity that is mistakenly portrayed as "honesty".

I no longer think we have a shared understanding of "honesty" or 
trust.  I just don't.

Do you think you're teaching us some jolting, grand lesson about the 
self?  Do us simple misguided patterns need your guidance?   You make 
me laugh.



>[Marsha]
>Are Krimel, SA, Margaret, Chris and Ron just Arlo amusing himself,?
>
>[Arlo]
>And if you found out all these did share the same corporeal host, how would
>that detract from any value you've found in their words? Besides, maybe we
>should let the cat out of the bag and let everyone know that 
>"Marsha" is one of
>my alter-identities.

I'm not saying it should matter to you.  Call me conventional, but it 
does matter to me.

My phone number is 203.746.1715.  Call.  I'm in Connecticut, not 
Pennsylvania.




>[Marsha]
>And that's not a problem?
>
>[Arlo]
>It would be a problem for you, I suppose, if you based the Quality of their
>words on the illusion that they all inhabited different gray matter. What that
>has to do with anything, I don't know, but it's the only problem I could see.
>
>When we read Lila, for example (or any book), we have the illusion that the
>characters are "different people", but Lila, Rigel, Phaedrus, all of them are
>"just Bob" amusing us with his narrative. Along the way we've learned a lot
>from this chorus of Bobs, and we quote them here as if "Lila" really said
>something, or "Rigel" said this, when in actuality it was all Bob.
>
>Does that make the value of what "Lila" said any less, Marsha? I'm guessing
>not, since you quote "her" very often in this forum.

Arlo, you do not need to justify what you do, JUST BE 
HONEST.  Announce that you do not wish to be one integrated 
(conventional) individual, but would like to assume multiple 
personalities.  You could be Arlo(Krimel), or Arlo(SA) or 
Arlo(Margaret).  I might find that acceptable.   At least in your 
game all would know the rules you play by.


A particular author writing for multiple characters is not 
deception.  It's understood as the nature of a novel and storytelling.

Arlo, what do you want?   I mean it.  Bottom line, what do you want?

Marsha






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