I'm addressing this to the list in general but moreover to a certain
few, who I'm sure
will recognize themselves by the time I finish.

I come from a background of very hard working occasionally somewhat
deprived
mountain  people.

Humor was one of the most appreciated and important things in there
lives. Having
very little to laugh about, their lauhgter and good humor was usually at
the expense
of someone elses misstatements, mistakes, lack of knowledg or clumsiness
in various
areas of skill and thouhgt.

The general consension was " Ifn ye kaint laff at cher sef, who kin ye
laff at". If a
person got "riled" at this he was laughed at and humiliated all the
more.

As a result, they developed the ability to laugh at their own
shortcomings, gained
moderate humility as well as tollerance, by others, of thier laughter
and their quips
about the bungling of others.

When we lose the ability to laugh at our selves and the quips of others
and lose our
humility to the point of anger and lack of respect towards our piers,
the end result is,
be it public or private, is increased laughter, loss of respect and
increased humiliation
by our piers.

We deal with hundreds of people and personalities on LEMs various lists.
We need to
learn to laugh at the quips, help with mistakes and ignorances and above
all not become
so arrogant about the small knowledges we've gained, that we become
angry, humiliating
and belittleing of the people we interelate with.

Jim

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