On Oct 18, 2012, at 3:53 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: > Why not post your component thoughts as works in progress? Long, thoughtful > comments are subject to tangential overload and often wander away from the > point (not that this is necessarily bad). > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:17 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In a message dated 10/13/12 10:50:02 AM, [email protected] writes: >> >> >>> I think it's a shame if lists like aesthetics disappear under the waves >>> of >>> quicker, sound-bite communication. Something very valuable is being lost. >>> Or, maybe our listers have just grown tired of thoughtful, crafted >>> communication.
Lew --You're right that there's a dilemma here. I've posted some long pieces from time to time, and though I might claim I haven't wandered off the point, I sensed there were listers that wandered off my lengthy posting, and I can't say I blame them. On the other hand, when I've posted an argument that took as premises "component thoughts" I'd posted earlier, to my total and affronted astonishment listers had not memorized every word I'd said in the past year -- so my argument came across as evangelistic babble. The trick is evidently find some serviceable middle ground. I'll work on it.
