Hi folks, Here's the second of three you missed. Yours for the New Year, Wesburt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subj: Re: My post, "The Market Price Noosphere Of A Free Society" Date: 01/04/2000 11:54:38 AM Eastern Standard Time From: WesBurt CC: WesBurt BCC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], BCC: deleted by WSB Good morning, Chris Basten, I would have done my best to answer any question you might have asked. Instead, you have set yourself up as a card carrying Devious Defender of the Status Quo (DDotSQ) by writing: >>>>>>>>> Begin cbasten 01/03/2000 6:23:58 AM EST post <<<<<<<< Wes. a short time ago I wrote to you re the incomprehensible nature of your mailing list postings.As a person with a reasonable grasp of the complexities of the world I couldn't for the life of me get a handle on what the hell you were on about. you suggested in a most patronising manner that were I to check out material on your website even an ignoramus such as myself would be enlightened. sorry bubba but it didn't happen. I couldn't make head or tail out of what I can only describe as crypto scientific gobbledegook. We have a place here in Sydney called The Domain where people with an axe to grind stood up on a box or whatever and harangued passersby with their "proof" that an advanced civilisation lived inside a hollow earth or we should all wear hats lined with tinfoil so that the C.I.A. couldn't control our thoughts. with all respect I think those peoples assertion. were slightly more founded in reality than your own. cheers. Christopher Basten >>>>>>>>> End cbasten 01/03/2000 6:23:58 AM EST post <<<<<<<< Chris, If you were trying for an intellectual put-down, you have been preceded by experts. Consider the following, by an old-fashioned DDotSQ, who leaves a double space between each sentence and capitalizes the first word of each sentence: >>>>>>>> Begin five year old reply from a DDotSQ <<<<<<<<< Subj: the usual Date: 95-04-30 17:56:22 EDT From:a DDotSQ To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A) No kowtowing. Claims to intellectual inferiority only make me suspicious of the claimant; what does he hope to accomplish? And why do you beg off organizing work for the role of a gadfly? B) The net is a social space. If you were to walk up to the lunch table of a group of people you didn't know, sit yourself down, and try to change the topic of conversation, you would expect to have people disregard you regardless of the validity or importance of your message. Why do you pretend ignorance of this cultural rule on the net? Could it be that you get perverse satisfaction from feeling misunderstood, that having given up on the idea of actually winning acceptance for your message you milk your martyrdom? C) Start with putting your message directly. After reading all you sent, I know that you are interested in political economy and the allocation of resources. I know you are familiar with some biblical budget rules. I don't know what the rules or their relevance to today is. I don't know what is this putative English system is, or how it is supposed to affect economic efficiency or fairness. I don't know whether you advocate zero-sum philosophy or dispute it. In short, isn't it time you begin to act your age? You could play the role of a tribal elder; you have the credentials and the intelligence. Instead you choose the role of the trickster, the clown -- a far more difficult role, requiring for more deviousness, cunning, and wit. Aiming for the trickster and falling short, you will become the fool. Does your message deserve better than this? -DDotSQ- >>>>>>>> End five year old reply from a DDotSQ <<<<<<<<< PS: This is a test message, to see if my favorite mail lists survived Y2K.
