tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459460236099658569.post3652713107928766038..comments2023-05-08T17:04:03.629+01:00Comments on Bookcrossing: Speaking truth to powerAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941917503687179585noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459460236099658569.post-4465220062956394352011-12-08T20:01:10.673+00:002011-12-08T20:01:10.673+00:00Geoff, yes it's not really working for me eith...Geoff, yes it's not really working for me either. I think we need to be a bit more Machievellian.<br /><br />GSE, it's hard to be assertive though, even without example of scary father to keep you in line. <br /><br />B - teehee! excellent. *makes note to self*<br /><br />Tim, that's the definition I think you'll find in the Quakers' handbook.<br /><br />TB, most of the peopleAnniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941917503687179585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459460236099658569.post-82910113211952724212011-12-07T22:09:03.964+00:002011-12-07T22:09:03.964+00:00I play dumb and ask lots of questions about what t...I play dumb and ask lots of questions about what they are trying to get me to do for them, thus using the Socratic method to gradually lead them to the inevitable conclusion that they are an idiot. <br /><br />That, and I also make it clear that if they insist on trying to make me do something I disagree with, I'm going to make sure it involves a lot more work for them than they were LChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796019564156060962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459460236099658569.post-62327008518704585512011-12-07T12:45:08.550+00:002011-12-07T12:45:08.550+00:00I'm with you on this one. The more honest thin...I'm with you on this one. The more honest thing to do seems to be to speak up and say you disagree and why. Nothing will change if stupid ideas are not challenged. That said, it does make for confrontation and, being a coward, I'd probably do what GSE said - obey and then moan about it.Timorous Beastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16006684419739506630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459460236099658569.post-35178909642555319802011-12-07T09:46:18.195+00:002011-12-07T09:46:18.195+00:00I always think "speaking truth to power"...I always think "speaking truth to power" just means "saying huge hairy bumholes to Princess Anne".Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459460236099658569.post-24022353905576949512011-12-07T09:03:07.642+00:002011-12-07T09:03:07.642+00:00Reminds me of an anthropology textbook called &quo...Reminds me of an anthropology textbook called "Weapons of the Weak" and one of my prof's tales of Polish villagers who would silently avenge themselves on the local communist party official by pouring sugar into his car engine.Bowleserisedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974472204722759129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459460236099658569.post-72834869593027109392011-12-06T22:13:51.890+00:002011-12-06T22:13:51.890+00:00I don't know. I always do as I'm told and ...I don't know. I always do as I'm told and then sulk because I'm cowed and had an extremely scary father. Either of the other methods suggested sound a lot better.GreatSheElephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589100964804729527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459460236099658569.post-70333466486342187382011-12-06T21:52:00.910+00:002011-12-06T21:52:00.910+00:00I always go down the argument route and get all he...I always go down the argument route and get all het up. It's never done me any good.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340519450159428760noreply@blogger.com