Was I frothing? :-)
Tom C. >From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: Talk about crap >Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:04:43 +0100 > >Of course, part of the issue here is whether he really is doing as the >news report claims. The press is often rather careless about such >things as accuracy when there's a great headline at stake, and they >like nothing more than to provoke knee-jerk outrage and moral froth >about some nonsense. > >I can't count the number of times I've seen the yellow press report >things like 'Professor to teach that Elvis gave birth to a dog', only >to find that they're teaching something about urban legends, of which >the King's canine parturition is just an example. > >Frankly I wouldn't get into a froth about a story like this until I'd >looked behind the press report. And even then I probably wouldn't get >into a froth about it. > >-- >Cheers, > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Tom C > > Sent: 25 July 2006 21:44 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Talk about crap > > > > I agree totally. I don't know everything and can learn > > something practically > > everywhere I turn. :-) > > > > But relating this back to where it all started... a lunatic > > professor in > > Wisconsin who is being paid to (according to some his own > > peers) 'spout > > rubbish'... what does it gain one to give ear to his > > nonsense? Wastes time, > > wastes money and contributes to his notoriety. > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
