Columbia or Stanford?

swingtime
Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:54:00 +0000

By his own admission, this poster does not now have, and has never had, any kind of connection WHATSOEVER with Columbia University. He is a “chronological” adult who derives a psychologically perverse pleasure in trolling a site principally “peopled” by KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS, and he does so for one purpose, and one purpose only: to trash a school they either attend, are eager to attend, or have just been notified they are invited to attend. He clearly gains something psychologically from the exercise. However, there is something extremely disturbing about this poster’s need to insert himself REPEATEDLY into conversations about a school he never attended, and with which he has no other relevant connection, solely to trash the school and thus to undermine the enthusiasm that other people – much younger than himself – have for it. I say “chronological” adult because psychological adulthood is not evident in this poster’s on line behavior.

I am not arguing AGAINST informed critical opinion and discussion. It would be one thing for someone affiliated with Columbia to offer an insider’s perspective – positive or negative – for the edification of the board. This is not the case. This individual is, let me say it again, a twisted ■■■■■ with no credibility, and some serious emotional issues. NO one who HAS NO CONNECTION with an institution spends this kind of time and space trashing it unless the person who is doing it is lacking some kind of balance in his life. This is not rational behavior because the person HAS NO CONNECTION WHATSOEVER, and never has had any, to the institution he is trashing. It should not continue to be accepted behavior.

The real issue for this poster is a desperate need for attention AT ANY COST. Sadly I have given him a “fix.” But the behavior is not rational and needs to be called out.