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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Juulie, with all due respect, I bet it was not as bad as it was made out to be.
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Well, I think that's part of the question. RevRef said it looked to him as though it was intimidation, taunting, etc. You think maybe he's exaggerating? But what if he's not would that change your opinion?
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
This is in a game that has rules as well. I do not think that analogy is a good one.
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It's not an analogy at all. It's a literal question. If I were walking around downtown doing errands, paying bills, buying groceries, etc, and some guy were walking along next to me the whole time, no contact, no verbiage, staying within 6 inches, never letting up, never backing off, well I'd make one of my stops the police station.
Now if I'm playing basketball and the game is going forward, I have agreed that the rules for "personal space" aren't the same, and I'm gonna have to put up with someone dogging me.
But when the game isn't going forward, and there's really nothing for that person to gain in terms of basketball, why are the normal "personal space" rules now suspended?
I'm not arguing as a way to be obnoxious, just sort of exploring a philosophical question.