ACTR; Why talk about problems in the open?

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Josh Wilson wrote:

> While I will be one of the first to point out that there are many viable
> alternatives to ACTR in Russia - this conversation strikes me as a bit odd. 
> 
> Let's say you go to a restaurant with friends. One friend orders a steak.
> When it comes, the friend complains the steak is cold. He tells the waiter
> and gets a cursory answer, but no offer to rectify the situation. 
> 
> Do you a) attempt to contact the manager of the restaurant or b) stand up
> and ask the rest of the customers in the restaurant how it could possibly be
> that your friend was served a cold steak? 
> 
> I point this out only because I think more people should apply the sociology
> and logic they apply to the "real world" to life online. 

Without attempting to guess what some people are thinking, I would point 
out that when customers cannot get satisfaction from a merchant, some 
will take the tack of publicizing the fact as a way of embarrassing the 
merchant and thereby increasing the pressure on him.

I take no position on who is right in this situation; I merely point out 
one aspect of the "sociology and logic" of these situations.

-- 
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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