tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31461418.post905372843897224802..comments2023-09-07T20:24:11.937-04:00Comments on Ryn Tale's Book of Days:: We *trumps IKathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388107764837538301noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31461418.post-59098719569631177112008-06-12T18:11:00.000-04:002008-06-12T18:11:00.000-04:00on this note I will say : "Go Kathryn & Dave" even...on this note I will say : "Go Kathryn & Dave" even if you won't! Anyone within our small family unit can see how brilliant you guys are both to Elle and for Elle so you are well entitled to say it from time to time.<BR/><BR/>give Elle a big hug and kiss from Aunty Sue xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31461418.post-91238556099394886952008-06-12T17:12:00.000-04:002008-06-12T17:12:00.000-04:00Bird - thanks!Disability Blogger- INTERSTING! Grea...Bird - thanks!<BR/><BR/>Disability Blogger- INTERSTING! Great analysis!<BR/><BR/>Jacqui- muHAHAHAH! That cracked me up that you thought I was talking about Donald Trump - I have to go in there and make it trump not Trump! <BR/><BR/>But - to your more serious point - YES I do definitel think this type if thing is behind all types of discrimination! Some of it is classic ingroup/outgroup behavior which always makes the one who is different the "other" and not to be trusted, credible, safe, valuable (accept for specific purposes that server the outgroup) etc.<BR/><BR/>I hope your trip to Avoca was productive!Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16388107764837538301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31461418.post-8034068055709292552008-06-11T18:27:00.000-04:002008-06-11T18:27:00.000-04:00It's funny because I was a bit lost for a little w...It's funny because I was a bit lost for a little while reading your post as I was reading it as we trumps one. I was trying to work out what donald trump had to do with it;-) Just goes to show different cultures.<BR/><BR/>You have made excellent points and it also puts an interesting spin in my head on why the discrimination happens so frequently. Is it not, the group perception of persons with disabilities? The group mentality. I'll have to keep thinking about this.<BR/><BR/>And lastly, I think you and Dave do a lot for Ellie. Who else has read every book known to man on nutrition? Not to mention flying half way around the globe for Advance? Ellie is doing so well and you focus and encourage her intelligence to shine through, so much that we as readers can see it. I think that our kids take us for a ride and it's just a matter of holding on as tight as we can. <BR/><BR/>Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31461418.post-47170003869495389712008-06-11T15:37:00.000-04:002008-06-11T15:37:00.000-04:00"Bottom line is the group effects people's behavio..."Bottom line is the group effects people's behavior and perceptions of themselves and reality."<BR/><BR/>One sort of group think phenomenon has been demonstrated on the website, Digg. At its core, Digg is a way for people to share items of interest, including news. Many thousands of items are submitted, perhaps on a daily basis, but few make it to the front page. What determines which items get to page one is how may "digs" (i.e. votes) a particular item will receive from other members of Digg. Most news items, or videos, or pictures, will typically get 2 or 3 digs. However, dig members that have more social contacts within digg will be more likely to have their submissions noticed and, as a result, will receive more votes. This is what they've found. Once a news story (or other type of submission) gets about twenty votes/digs, it then begins to pick up digs from individuals who vote for the submission...simply because other people did. Subsequent votes may be gained from people who didn't even read the news article, but simply voted for it because a substantial number of others did. A completely adolescent group think behavior. The story submissions that are being voted on may have substance, or not. But that's not the fundamental issue driving the popularity of submissions within Digg. It's whether "other people" liked something. If members A, B, C, D, E, and F, liked something, then user G feels compelled to say he liked it as well, even if he did nothing more than simply read the headline of a story that was submitted. <BR/><BR/>"They were ages 13-19 and almost all members of gangs, all committers of crimes, and all survivors of an unimaginable variety of child abuse."<BR/><BR/>Between being a caseworker and a disability examiner, I was a teaching parent at a group home. The kids ranged in age from 10-17. Most had been abused in one way or another. The most dismal aspect to this was the high statistical probability that those abused would later become abusers themselves.Disability Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14890188944381642816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31461418.post-23030492939724984312008-06-10T12:57:00.000-04:002008-06-10T12:57:00.000-04:00You put this so well--there isn't much to add. We...You put this so well--there isn't much to add. We really are just cheerleaders and the kids and a degree of fate are in there. Like I said, so well put.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02189007616883663434noreply@blogger.com