I also grow weary of complaints about my notionally 'exotic' vocabulary. This term once had a precise meaning. (Signage annoucing efforts at 'exotic plant control' in Hawaii's state and national parks preserve it.) Its subliterate use has converted it into a vague synonym for strange or non-standard.
In fact I see no reason to censor my vocabulary, using a small proper subset of it notionally appropriate to conversations with an impaired child here. That would patronize readers of my posts to no good end. (Those who do not wish to read these posts need not do so.) John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA On 7/26/12, David Stokes <sto...@interchip.de> wrote: >> Just as I had begun to feel some sympathy for David Stokes, he >> managed to dissipate it at a stroke. > > Damn it, if only I'd known. > > To the rest I've no real idea what you are talking about (not because of the > exotic vocabulary). I think you've gone off at rather a tangent from the > points I was making and I tend anyway to simply turn off when I hear the > words "conspiracy theory". However in a subtle and unexpected sort of way > you are just maybe confirming what I was in fact saying. The Internet > involves a vast range of different interests and agendas. That's why I > suggested one should explain clearly what one means when referring to issues > such as alleged "abuse". That was pretty much it really, other than the > rather pointless discussions about how it would all have been better with or > without... > > BTW, thanks guys for the surprising number of more positive of-list > communications. > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] Im > Auftrag von John Gilmore > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 26. Juli 2012 14:45 > An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Betreff: Re: Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet? > > Just as I had begun to feel some sympathy for David Stokes, he > managed to dissipate it at a stroke. > > Just what does > > <begin extract> > The question was not which exact organisation decides such things, but > rather whose particular political orientation will be asserting itself > in such decisions, and how will they be implemented in practice. > </end extract> > > mean operationally? > > In another context Paul Krugman recently reminded us that conspiracy > theories are dispensable, likely to be misleading, in the many > situations in which stupidity provides an adequate explanation of what > is going on. > > Whatever else the Internet may be, its evolution reflects a congeries > of diverse, finally irreconcilable ideologies and business interests; > and no simple dietrologia is likely to be very helpful in explaining > it. > > These things said, Mr Stokes HAS been the target of too much ad > hominem criticism. > > John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
