02-06-2012, 12:17 PM
I was wondering, can every single action possible be split up into either STS or STO polarization-causing actions, or are the only circumstances where one polarizes towards either polarity limited to only those situations where interaction between the self and other-selves are involved?
For instance, 3 people are hanging out together. One friend sees that the friend who owns the house they're at spilled some liquid, he offers to help without hesitation. The other friend takes this opportunity to take $20 out of the preoccupied friend's wallet. In this example, the friend who offered help would gain STO polarization; the friend who acted deceivingly and saw little enough value in his friend to steal from him would gain STS polarization, and the friend who spilled his drink and is now cleaning it, I assume would not polarize either way? So actions that do not involve you having to choose options of how you interact with others (like making the decision to go take a walk or smoke a joint) wouldn't cause you to polarize, but if by taking that walk you're doing so in order to avoid having to help someone who asked you for help or if buying/smoking that joint means you're using money that was supposed to buy food for someone to get that you'd be serving yourself? Or would you just lose STO polarization?
For instance, 3 people are hanging out together. One friend sees that the friend who owns the house they're at spilled some liquid, he offers to help without hesitation. The other friend takes this opportunity to take $20 out of the preoccupied friend's wallet. In this example, the friend who offered help would gain STO polarization; the friend who acted deceivingly and saw little enough value in his friend to steal from him would gain STS polarization, and the friend who spilled his drink and is now cleaning it, I assume would not polarize either way? So actions that do not involve you having to choose options of how you interact with others (like making the decision to go take a walk or smoke a joint) wouldn't cause you to polarize, but if by taking that walk you're doing so in order to avoid having to help someone who asked you for help or if buying/smoking that joint means you're using money that was supposed to buy food for someone to get that you'd be serving yourself? Or would you just lose STO polarization?