--- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], foufou_fl <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <jyouells@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In [email protected], foufou_fl <no_reply@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@>
> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In [email protected], foufou_fl <no_reply@>
> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley"
> > > > > > > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "feste37"
<feste37@> 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Oh, Jude, I hate to be the first person to inform
you of 
> > > > this,
> > > > > > > > > but the particular orifice in question was not
designed to
> > > > > > > > > accommodate that particular appendage. 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > If you're going to appeal to teleology,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I was shocked tofind that feste is a creationist -- or at
> least 
> > > > an
> > > > > > > intelligent design deist pseudo scientist.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Or maybe just a homophobe.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I thought the latter was synonomous with the former two.
> > > > 
> > > > The former are typically homophobes, yes, but you
> > > > can be just a plain ol' homophobe without being
> > > > either.
> > > > 
> > > > I mean, you could be right, but I can't recall
> > > > hearing any of that other stuff from feste.
> > > > It was an unpleasant surprise to find out he's
> > > > homophobic.
> > > >
> > > 
> > > I think it interesting that foufou_fl (re:anon_astute_whatever) 
> > > really likes all kinds of labeling ....
> > > 
> > > JohnY
> > 
> > 
> > Usually its of ideas. I try to refrain from lableing people. 
> > 
> > For example, I termed some of your ideas "imbecillic",I believe. Would
> > you rather I be less precise, more ambiguous?
> > 
> > I guess I was a bit lax above, "I was shocked to find that feste is a
> > creationist -- or at least  an intelligent design deist pseudo
> scientist."
> > 
> > I have should said "I was shocked to find that feste expousing a 
> > creationist POV -- or at least that of an intelligent design deist
> > pseudo scientist."
> > 
> > Its best to focus on ideas not the person.
> 
> 
>  Go back and reread the threads that you had with me and Shemp, and 
> see if they follow "focus on ideas and not the person". You used the
> same tactics in both threads. 
> 
> 
> JohnY
> 
> > 
> > I am curious as to your hangup with "labels" aka descriptors,
> > adjectives, etc. I find the more precisely one can describe or
> > articulate a view, or a view of another's ideas, it adds to clarity
> > and communication. 
> > 
> > Would your my comments on your ideas rather be along the lines of,
> > "um, ah, I like sort of dig your idea. But sort of don't. Like its
> > kind of cool, but like I think you may like want to think it over
> > again like in your mind because there were like parts of it man that
> > like .... what was I talking about?"
> >

OK.Well do. Sometimes I slip up.

But you may want to re read the shemp posts. I suspect you missed the
point and tactic.






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