As we all know, verbosity to you is a virtue, hilariously illustrated in this overblown diatribe.
On 16 Apr 2010 at 12:27, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote: > [Platt] > Right. If I don't understand the superior intellects of Arlo and his academic > aristocrats, it's my problem. Apparently his arrogance knows no bounds. > > [Arlo] > Everyone else understands me. And not just people I know "in the academy". No > one else I know is so confounded by what I say as you. I could, of course, try > to dumb things down for just you, but given that everyone else understands me > just fine, I'll decline... > > By the way, the first time I read James Gleik's book on Chaos, I said to > myself, "wow, this is really above me", and so I read more and learned more > and > studied more, and now its quite a simple read. > > But I never once thought "that elitist Gleick and his arrogant belief in his > superiority". How ridiculous would that be? > > Now, about "arrogance", another evasive lie. Don't you ever feel the slightest > bit of shame for your atrocious rhetoric? So let's take a look... > > [Arlo previously] > People write for an audience. When that audience is more knowledgeable, people > can write at higher levels of complexity. History books written for fifth > graders do not bear the intricate analysis as university textbooks. If you > can't "effortlessly understand" what someone writes, maybe the problem is with > YOU? Naaaahhh... must be those big bad intellectuals... > > [Arlo adds] > Where is the "arrogance" in this? Is it "arrogant" to give the university > student a textbook that's more complex than "Dick and Jane in England"? > > So in a philosophy forum, who is the "average reader" you feel can't keep up > with the "academic" talk? I mean other than you. Is it arrogant for DMB to > talk > about the nuances of James' ideas? Or John to post with a synthetical analysis > of Royce and Pirsig? Just how "dumb" do you think the "average reader" is > here? > > Let me see if I understand. When YOU can't understand something, its not YOU, > its the fault of an arrogant, elitist author who hasn't dumbed down his > writing > enough for YOU to be able to easily understand it?? Ai yi yi... > > Viva l'ignorance!! > > 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/md/archives.html 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/md/archives.html
