Quote - Conniekat8 - so basically your saying that despite a technically great image - if the person lacks the "social skills" (as you put it) - posters will act in a childlike manner and snub it because they don't like the person?! > Quote -  

You tell me, if someone pisses you off with something, or gets on your nerves in some way, are you able to step back, put that aside and give them credit for something that they do well?

Before you jump the gun and say YES, let me tell you that in basic human nature something like that is extremely difficult to do, and most people aren't very good at doing it. In spite of what they may 'say' of themselves.

I mean, look at your own comment, talking about 'kissing ass'. You're already prejudiced against what you consider kissing ass. For one, kissing ass is not an objective factual analisys of someone's behavior, but a highly emotional, subjective and prejudicial remark.

Now, let's suppose one of the 'kiss asses' happens to be able to produce a good technical image, and something with relatively decent mass appeal.

Seeing enough of human behavior in action (just watch people around you), I'm not inclined to believe that you would be able to set your emotional impressions of the person aside, and acknowledge the 'kiss-asses' good work.  
If you could, you'd extremely talented when it comes to social interactions, and not likely to use terms such as 'kiss ass' but be able to analyze behavior on both sides at little more depth, with little less personal value judgement attached. 

You confuse me though, on one hand, you complain about people behaving in a child like manner, and on the other hand you yourself use rather childis terms. This is where many people go wrong, they expect that everyone will behave properly, but for themselves take loberties to cross boundaries of proper behavior when they are emotionally charged for one reason or the other. Guess what, most people are like that.

Sure, most of us are taught that it's 'wrong' and will rather cut our own noses off then to admit that we have often behaved against what we know is appropriate or proper, and come up with all kinds of explanations about being angry, provoked or justified. But, the fact of life it that it's rather normal to be entangled in ones emotion's and relatively fequently cross the line of what is proper. You me, everyone else. It's normal. It varies in degrees from one person to another, but it is present in everyone whom fall under some general definition of 'normal person'.
What is 'right' is seldom attained, it's more of a paradigm to strive for, then something most people achieve at all times.

What is considered Art, what we like and dislike in other people and things they produce, is very susceptible to what I described above. I don't know if you hear od it before, often you'l catch comments where many of succesful artists are fequently praised for their understanding of human psyche. There's a lot of little crossovers between the two.

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