Posted by vwoolf on September 1, 2010, at 11:01:14
In reply to Re: new members » vwoolf, posted by Dinah on August 31, 2010, at 7:06:03
> There were those of us who objected to the idea of parties we could see and hear but not join. Nothing would stop people from leaving. The idea was to limit who could join.
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> I must confess that the idea of exclusivity never did appeal to me, whether or not it was visible.I would imagine that it would not be about exclusivity, about excluding people, but rather about having a small group of people in a sort of pressure cooker, where their interactions would be limited to other members of the group. It would show up their unconscious processes very clearly. I think it might be very interesting to participate in or observe a group like this, although not necessarily very pleasant or comfortable. Maybe catching sight of the unconscious is always uncomfortable. In the large, or perhaps less large now, unstructured group that is Babble, these processes are quite watered down, so we don't often 'see' ourselves.
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