Hey doc, just a few things about "Flippin' the script", In order for you to understand the reality, in your case, would be very difficult but not impossible. So, I'm gonna say a few things to get you in the ball park in terms of understanding the realities of it. First, I'll say that you write very "strong" script, meaning it is very "unflipped" and in your mind, the natural assumption would be that if you desired greater "Communicative power", you increase the precision of your words and choose words with "increased weight"(reader impact). Second, In "the world of words" there is no up or down. Words exist in "free space". In mathematics, there is a +1 and a -1 which implies "value". Making the +1 a different value than a -1. The #1 on the other hand remains constant. Words are not mathematical, therefore "opposite words" hold the same value in spite of the fact that what is said is entirely different. I'm sure at this point, your thoughts are drifting about, suspecting that there is a "handle" to understand what you are only getting an "inkling of" but can't quite put your finger on. The reason you can't put your finger on it is because you see words as many do, as being subject to up and down and orders of magnitude in the same way one would view "in context" non SPATIAL things. What I said is only a ground work for "understanding" how a "flipped script" can exist at all. Third, I'll say that one can not be taught how to flip a script but rather, it is a "realization" that allows on to do it because it runs "counter" to the perception of each "script writer". When "you" hear a flipped script doc, you hear it according to your perception of the nature you place on a piece of written script and as such, don't hear what is being said. What that means, if someone speaks in "flipped script relative to you", you will get an entirely different meaning out of that piece of script than the intended meaning. Relative to you Doc, half of the world is speaking and understanding in flipped script, they are missing you're point and you theirs. To them, it is not a flipped script, to you it is. That means the more clearly that you try to make a point "in your script" the less clearly its being understood. On the other hand, someone that is speaking in a "flipped script" relative to your concept of script becomes less clear to you as they try to more clearly make their point. Like I say, it's going to take "realization" on your part. The forth major point would be regarding the question,"Well if half of the people on earth speak a "flipped script" relative to you, how do you "speak" so everyone is able to understand. That is accomplished through simplicity, like a simple yes or no or very simple precise word choices that are understood on both sides. No matter whether the "communicators" are speaking in the same script or not. For instance, if you were carrying on a conversation with someone who speaks in a "flipped script" relative to yours, you would consider that person "stupid" and visa versa and the more "they" would try to make their point, the more "stupid" they would appear and visa versa. Yet, stupidity is not the issue but rather misunderstanding as to how words work and how different people "work them". In my case, I understand, what the nature of ones script "is", by listening and adjusting mine accordingly...in that way complex language skills can be used and understood without the "stupidity factor". When speaking to a audience though, simple and precise script is the only one that can be understood in the way intended. I can go on but I think I've given you enough info that In time, your own mind will fill in many of the blanks to where-by you begin to see why there is so much misunderstanding among otherwise well intentioned folks. Keep it in mind and when you get a grasp of that reality, a whole new world of possibilities open. Bye LaLe
by Be Bop (PM , CC ) on Saturday November 12, 2005 @ 2:50 PM
I guess you didn't appreciate my picture of Lurch and his kinsman. Otherwise, you probably would have said something yourself. As for the "stunt plane", you should have touched up the picture in Photoshop and removed those little wires you used in hanging that fellow from the tree limb. Blogstream has a keen eye. That's why they didn't list it.
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