8 NOV 2005 Bob Dancer CasinoGaming Column

[vpFREE3]

<<< You have a narcissistic perspective. You may be so set in your
ways and your opinions that you are incapable of being "...converted or
even swayed modestly from [your]own perspective", no matter what the
evidence, but you do not speak for myself and I'm sure many others. >>>

I certainly don't relate "narcissistic" to his perspective on this
observation. "Cynical" seems much more appropriate, although
"realistic" also comes to mind.

vpFREE Administrator

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On 18 Nov 2005 at 12:24, jw776655 wrote:

Harry Porter wrote "Ethics discussions are nothing more than a
chance to blow off a little steam (been there, done that), at the
risk of a generating a very negative, disruptive thread. No one's
converted or even swayed modestly from their own perspective."

[jw776655]

vpFREE Administrator wrote "I certainly don't relate "narcissistic" to
his perspective on this observation. "Cynical" seems much more
appropriate, although "realistic" also comes to mind."

How about megalomaniacal, another word I'd considered?

What I meant by narcissistic is his belief that everyone reading the
discussion will be as unable as he apparently is to read the various
points and, in some cases, change their evaluation of the party in
question.
As in "I think. Therefore you are."

But I understand your use of cynical. That's another way to look at it.