03-20-2011, 12:02 AM
Sedna wrote:Gonzo wrote:
Be simple with the definition. Equate it to fishing. Determine the right bait, set the line in the water, watch the bobber, and when the fish bites, set the hook and reel him in.
Ok, this also seems a good definition of stalking. However, I keep asking how this helps anyone...the stalker or the person stalked?
Sedna, what would you learn about yourself, if, say, you encountered someone playing the shell game and you figured you could win, put down your money, and promptly lost? Would you put down more money and keep losing? Would you some other day play the game with another player? Or would you realize the game was rigged, that you had become a mark, that what appeared to be other players were part of the con? Would you perhaps learn something about your own judgment, about your own abilities, your own sense of self-esteem, or would you just be angry at having been taken?
Regardless, I submit you would have learned something, minimally not to play the shell game again, but perhaps, with some self-reflection, some things about yourself.
Be simple with the definition. Equate it to fishing. Determine the right bait, set the line in the water, watch the bobber, and when the fish bites, set the hook and reel him in.
Ok, this also seems a good definition of stalking. However, I keep asking how this helps anyone...the stalker or the person stalked?
Sedna, what would you learn about yourself, if, say, you encountered someone playing the shell game and you figured you could win, put down your money, and promptly lost? Would you put down more money and keep losing? Would you some other day play the game with another player? Or would you realize the game was rigged, that you had become a mark, that what appeared to be other players were part of the con? Would you perhaps learn something about your own judgment, about your own abilities, your own sense of self-esteem, or would you just be angry at having been taken?
Regardless, I submit you would have learned something, minimally not to play the shell game again, but perhaps, with some self-reflection, some things about yourself.