At 10:15 AM Sunday 8/16/2009, David Hobby wrote:
John Williams wrote:
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Rceeberger<[email protected]> wrote:
One would have to be quite dense to not notice after over a decade
on the list.
Once again, your default position is to assume that others are stupid.
Do you actually think your feeble attempts to place others in a
defensive position are not recognized for what they are?
I'm sorry that you feel that way. I did not say and I do not think you
are stupid. I was just curious about this respect ranking. Do you rank
above or below Mr. FUCK YOU in respect on this list? Is this respect
ranking secret, or can anyone view it?
John--
Hi. Seriously, are you trolling, or just
dense? : ) We rank respect the way most communities
do--completely informally. Everyone has their own
sense of who they respect, and we don't ever need to
pool them to produce a hierarchy.
Yes, Charlie is someone I respect. His posts are
thoughtful, and when he argues, he does it in a fair
and constructive way.
---David
Hint, hint, Maru
FWIW the _Atlantic_ article is well worth reading carefully. I've
already forwarded the link with my recommendation to a couple of
other lists, and got a couple of comments back. Unfortunately,
that's about exhausted my energy for this morning, so I am going back
to bed for awhile.
I might also pass along this link to another first-person account
about the costs of the current system I came across a couple of days ago:
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1916193,00.html
. . . ronn! :)
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