Comments on: Aggression: Much misinterpreted! http://writeside.net/scratchpad/aggression-much-misinterpreted Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:13:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kat http://writeside.net/scratchpad/aggression-much-misinterpreted/comment-page-1#comment-13107 Kat Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:24:20 +0000 http://writeside.net/blog/scratchpad/aggression-much-misinterpreted/#comment-13107 Yes! Couldn't they just teach handling things a different way in practice so that they have options later? *talking about anybody's team that acts like that* Yes! Couldn’t they just teach handling things a different way in practice so that they have options later? *talking about anybody’s team that acts like that*

]]> By: Payal http://writeside.net/scratchpad/aggression-much-misinterpreted/comment-page-1#comment-13106 Payal Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:33:57 +0000 http://writeside.net/blog/scratchpad/aggression-much-misinterpreted/#comment-13106 Yes, that's so true — like saying, "I'm at my wit's end; I can't be bothered to use my brains to think of anything intelligent to say or do, so ... *BIFF*"!! Yes, that’s so true — like saying, “I’m at my wit’s end; I can’t be bothered to use my brains to think of anything intelligent to say or do, so … *BIFF*”!!

]]> By: Kat http://writeside.net/scratchpad/aggression-much-misinterpreted/comment-page-1#comment-13105 Kat Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:33:47 +0000 http://writeside.net/blog/scratchpad/aggression-much-misinterpreted/#comment-13105 I liked this bit of the article at the end here too: "To take a stark example, policemen are aggressive because they would rather beat suspected criminals to pulp than put them through a meticulous investigation to extract a confession. Whether in sport or in other fields, aggression affects one's ability to concentrate on the task at hand. It is not just objectionable; it is also foolish and counterproductive." We would be wise to learn the same here. I agree, aggression of this kind is only a tool of the mindlessly lazy and cowardly (i.e. mob mentality, as they were saying :wink: ). I liked this bit of the article at the end here too: “To take a stark example, policemen are aggressive because they would rather beat suspected criminals to pulp than put them through a meticulous investigation to extract a confession. Whether in sport or in other fields, aggression affects one’s ability to concentrate on the task at hand. It is not just objectionable; it is also foolish and counterproductive.”

We would be wise to learn the same here. I agree, aggression of this kind is only a tool of the mindlessly lazy and cowardly (i.e. mob mentality, as they were saying :wink: ).

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