RE: "landmine" analysis for Jeroen, prologue (L3)

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Marvin Long, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Geen
> Aan: Brin-L
> Onderwerp: "landmine" analysis for Jeroen, prologue (L3)

> > BTW, close examination of the almost 1,200 messages I've posted here
> > will reveal that the English I use on this list is a mixture of 
> > British English and American English.
> 
> No quarrel there.  Part of the problem may be that your English is so
> good as a rule that it's difficult to believe that you'd make mistakes.

Aaawww, now you got me blushing...   :-)

<snip>

> Ding #1 to Jeroen:  instead of clarifying the fact that he has no
> intent to sue Bob, he rubs Bob's nose in it and says that he's
> practically confessed to slander.

But I did clarify later that I have no intend to sue Bob (or anyone else for
that matter). Minus one ding? (Do you need to borrow Jo Anne's magic Wand of
Dings -1 for that?)


> Ding #2 to Jeroen:  in response to Bob's statement that he'll consider
> leaving the list, Jeroen basically ushers Bob to the door and implies
> he won't be missed

Hey, Bob said he would consider unsubscribing; I was just saving him the
trouble of having to figure out for himself how to do that! I was just
trying to be helpful!   :-)

(Minus one ding?)


> > >Do you REALLY want a direct answer to this question?
> >
> > Of course I do.
> >
> 
> Now that you've had a taste of my method, do you still want it?  =)

I think you're doing a good job here -- although I do reserve the right to
publicly disagree with any further analyses (or specific parts thereof).


> > >Alternatively, if you'd rather pick specific instances in which you
> > >were misunderstood, I'll be happy to do my best to analyze those
> > >instances in the context of the overall debate and try to produce
> > >an answer to "why."
> >
> > You really don't want to do that. Those misinterpretations (and some
> > other things I'm not exactly happy about) have happened for almost
> > as long as I've been subscribed; the research alone will keep you 
> > busy till Xmas...
> 
> Jesus, I don't want *all* possible instances, Jeroen.  I'm not looking
> for a second job, and this one wouldn't even pay me anything.  :-)
> But when one considers how much work it is to reconstruct a thread and
> then analyze it, I wouldn't mind having you tell me about a couple of
> misunderstandings you consider representative of the problem you
> perceive.

Ah, letting *me* do the archive-digging. Clever move...   :-)


Jeroen

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