"J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > > At 16:19 23-10-2002 -0700, Matt Grimaldi wrote: > > >The way it was phrased left that impression in my mind, and suggested a > >series of thoughts which were, oh, let's say unflattering, that the rest > >of the list should feel guilty for not doing exactly what you thought > >they should, and so on, it gets worse from there. > > > >What positive thing were you trying to accomplish by saying that? > >I certainly can't think of any. > > The initial accomplishment would be people pointing out to John Giorgis > that his behaviour, oh, let's put it nicely, leaves something to be desired? > > The eventual accomplishment would be John Giorgis cleaning up his act and > starting to behave like a civilised adult.
So then you *were* trying to push a guilt trip on us. Grr... If that's really *all* you were trying to do, you have a lot to learn about writing arguments intended to produce an action from the reader. BTW, there *has* been some improvement in JDG's behavior, which you've apparently ignored. Less than a year ago, such an argument would have degraded into personal attacks within a week. -- Matt _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
