I didn't see any froth. But we were talking about the content of the news report. We weren't debating its accuracy. Looks like Bob is looking for a backout:-). Paul On Jul 25, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Tom C wrote:
> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
