Quoting ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Platt you're at it again - with your rhetorical tricks - I even > predicted your initial response may have been a flattery trap. > > Nowhere did I suggest in the slightest that social lubrication was a > waste of breath. > On the contrary I said it was 99% of the value in any conversation. > (Yes 99% - go read.)
I don't see 99% anywhere below. Where is it? You simply said it was a "given" in every conversation and I simply said it doesn't hurt to say it once in awhile. You seem to look for ways to accuse me of trickery. Why I don't know. > The waste of breath was to simply add the caveat "I could be wrong" to > every other statement in the conversation (that's a given between > trustworty participants, who don't expect to have to defend their > words being twisted in each subsequent response). I don't think it has anything to do with words being twisted. It's simply an acknowledgment of one's own fallibility. > Conversations rely on trust not rhetorical trickery. > (Winning arguments however do rely on rhetorical trickery.) > I fell for it again. > Happy ? If you want to keep finding ways to fall, I'm happy because it seems to make you happy. Platt > > On 4/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > But, I would not accept your conclusion though. The caveat / > > > contingency "I could be wrong" is a given in absolutely every human > > > statement (even this one) - once you're actually having a conversation > > > - it is (almost) a waste of breath to keep saying it. I'd say what > > > really matters is the basis on which you believe what you do believe - > > > it's a given that all belief is contingent. "I could be wrong" is not > > > a result or an outcome, but a premise. I prefer a forward looking > > > "conversation" from where it has got to, not from where it started. > > > (Yes, I am that Irishman). > > > > A lot of "social lubrication" is just a waste of breath if you look at it > > logically, like "Nice to see you," and " Have a nice day." I don't think we > > need to say "I could be wrong" after every assertion. But, in the interests > > of keeping the conversation going, if wouldn't hurt to say it once in > > awhile, > like > > maybe once in every dozen or so posts. (Having said that I feel like my > mother-in- > > law who would say from time to time, "It wouldn't hurt to call once in > awhile.") > > But, I get your point. > > > > Regards, > > Platt > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
