[island911]

No I am not talking about computers. I'm talking about the two metaphorical boxes that a handful of people on this forum have developed for reacting to any given topic. That is, for any given topic those people have room for neither a middle ground, nor a different perspective; only room for pro or con.

Because of this binary-box model of the world, the simpletons grab hold of any posters slightly negative or slightly positive comments and run them into one of the two binary-box extremes.

Same thing happens for personalities here. That is, after losing a point or 12, the simpletons respond to any individual poster in a GW Bush fashion of " you are either with me or against me." Which of course has the simpleton chiming in with pissing-contest retorts based on who made a statement.

meh. Thankfully most here can separate arguments from persons, and can imagine more than black and white. But sheesh, the simpletons are annoying.