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Originally Posted by ender098
Graham, go ahead and lock it. All that need be said here was said. All that's left is Drama. Any objections?? Anyone???
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I'm with Urban on this one - lets see if we get a response from some of the people involved that might throw some light/create some thoughts on the subject.
I'd like to copy and paste something that I read in a forum about martial arts at one point (I was the head instructor and founder of the first Capoeira group in my home town - a bit OT but the thing I read is gold!).
Exchange the words styles with whatever is fitting. (sides in a debate for example)
its not just style vs style, the issue comes from a much more deeply rooted paradigmatic phenomenon in the
learning process. Namely, you survive, grow, learn...interact with the Universe...based on what you already
know or are presently learning. We have a very deep instinct, to stand by what we believe in because it
inherently defines what we do and why we do it, our reality.
When someone comes along and asks what style is better, it automatically challenges the paradigms that you
have chosen to accept as reality and began ingraining in your head. This causes some people to turn around
and say, "This is crap", or, "Well really this is not a very good idea", which then perpetuates the entire
dynamic taking place. Changing paradigms, being open to "rewiring" parts of your brain is a process that
physically takes place via a variety of chemical means. It can be very mentally painful for some and easy
for others, while others yet will simply put up a wall to all possibilities and lash out. It is the way of
the world, martial arts or not...