What can I say Matt? You make perfect sense, as usual. I agree completely and intend to change my ways.
John On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Matt Kundert <[email protected]>wrote: > > The one serious argument I've ever had with my > girlfriend--with real, actual blood boiling and passions at a > fevered pitch, with the fate of our relationship coming into > the balance and being endangered--was over MLA-style. > > I was applying to grad schools, and I've never cared much > about where the underlines go, or the date goes on the > inside or outside of the parentheses in the works cited list, > or whether the period goes inside the quotes or after the > parenthetical citation--hell, I think parenthetical citation is > a signpost along the road of scholastic disintegration--and > my girlfriend, caring that I get _into_ a grad school, was > hammering me on doing what I need to do to get in, and I > said if they let my footnotes get in the way of my amazing, > absolute, obvious brilliance and don't invite me in because > of that, then I don't want to be there...blah, blah, etc., etc. > > Twice we've had this fight, twice we've almost broken up, > and twice neither of us budged from our stance, though > both of us are right. > > When I say "professional," I mean it like James means, "truth > is whatever is good in the way of belief." Professional is as > the professionals do--you'll see a lot of professionals acting > in ways that seem "unprofessional" under the normal guise > of the term. What I mean by "professional-looking" is > whatever the people you want to convince of something > (the "professionals") will let you get away with. > > Antiprofessionalist rhetoric can be interestingly deployed. > It just looks silly sometimes. And I apologize if my > even-tempered approach doesn't divulge enough of where > I'm coming from, doesn't articulate the fact that I don't > care whether people do or do not write "professional-looking" > stuff, or whether I even think I do all the time, and when > and where and why I choose one rhetorical style over > another--but we can't say everything, just like we can't > read everything. You gotta' do what you gotta' do, but if > you make no concessions to the audience you want to > convince, then you have to live with the > consequences--and if you are okay with the consequences, > then everything's peachy-keen, right? Antiprofessionalist > rhetoric just makes somebody look like they want to have > it both ways--they want to steer the conversation without > taking part in the conversation. > > Matt > > > I agree completely. In fact, that's gonna be my new mantra. I agree > > completely. If acceptance is predicated upon conformity and > agreeableness, > > then it's a simple matter I guess to just go along with the mainstream of > > philosophy and academia and media and politics with a chipper attitude > and > > if I feel I have something to say in the future, I'll make sure it's > really > > well-thought out in the right professional format, with proper footnotes, > a > > bibliography in the back, and a nod from Jon Stewart bequeathing > celebrity > > acceptance. > > > > > > No more whining from me! Heck no. > > > > > > Chipper John > > _________________________________________________________________ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/ > 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/
