--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], new_morning_blank_slate > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > When rich people talk about money, they're talking > > > about something entirely different from what poor and > > > middle-class people mean when they talk about it. > > > They might as well be on different planets. > > > > Your speculations of how others', or perhaps your own, values and > > motivations may change with substantial wealth is simply speculation > > -- not a well reserched set of studies developing a concensus view > > of researchers on this issue. Same with my speculations. > > <snore>
Yes, my comment was a bit leaden. But I could not think of a better alternative to counter the, IMO, weak writing that conveys a broad sweeping generalization about a group, as if its universal, when it at best applies to only a portion of the group. How would you suggest writers tighten up their phrasing to better correspond to reality and not lead readers to erroneous impressions? Perhaps something as simple as the following would do. When [some] rich people talk about money, [it appears to me]they're talking about something entirely different from what poor and middle-class people mean when they talk about it. [This segment of the rich] [They (excluded)] might as well be on different planets [as far as I and my values are concerned]. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
