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 ---------------------------- -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
