dmb, (Marsha, here is an example of what I am going on about, too), > dmb says: > Flattery will get you nowhere. As much as I like to believe what you're > saying, it just ain't so. Like I said, my complaints are about violations > of the MOST BASIC STANDARDS. I'm only talking about standards that are > commonly understood on a high school debate team, not that I've ever been > on one.
[Tim] very clever pulling out my complement to you, and putting it at the top for everyone to see. But no matter, I meant it. It wasn't flattery. I'm not a sycophant and I have nowhere to get. From what little I can tell, you do seem to be quite skilled in the rational. OF course I could be wrong, but the fact that it seems that way early on is a good indication that I am not. Otherwise though, you might be an amoral driveling idiot outside of the purely rational realms. I have no evidence to contradict that yet. Anyway, where are you trying to get? this is not rhetorical. I really hope for some hint of an answer at least. > > dmb says: > Lonely people deserve our compassion, of course. But I also think it's > wrong to use this forum to satisfy one's emotional needs. Using this > forum to alleviate loneliness is abusing this forum. It is an act that > says MY personal needs are more important than the forum's central > purpose. It is a willful disregard of this group's reason for being. It's > selfish and inconsiderate. It's noise. > > > Get a dog. [Tim] I prefer cats. But I'm not in such a position anyway. Neither am I lonely. But I am mostly alone. Maybe lonesome, on rare occasion... anyway, I think I was premature in my assessment in your capacities. You excerpted RMP so well I thought you understood. But you say: "the forum's central purpose." Who is the forum? How does it have a purpose? You would do well to listen to Marsha. How conventional you become outside reference to authorities! Horse has a purpose. He has created a forum for that purpose. This forum is no independent existing entity that it *has* a purpose. Now, do you think it better that you follow that with "group's"? The group is no independent existing entity that has a purpose either. It is individuals who have purpose. And, we come together into this thing that we conventionally call a group, or a forum. It seems we all have different purposes though. I have told you mine. Will you tell us yours? Tim -- [email protected] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... 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
