I don't understand why Joseph and Julio can't be more specific about what or who they're describing.
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Joseph Catron <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Julio Huato <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't understand why some people think that, because they can >> *think* mean things and/or *say* mean things about X, then they are >> not compromising with X. > > > It's a product of the same uniquely leftist malaise whereby some of our > comrades think it's terribly important for them (and us) to have the right > "position" on any number of things over which they (and we) can take no > meaningful action and have no practical influence. > > Paradoxically (or perhaps not), people with the least actual influence over > a situation tend to attach the greatest importance to their own thoughts and > feelings about it. Out in the real world, nobody gives a %$&#. It's what you > do, in a way that actually accomplishes something, that counts there. > > -- > "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen > lytlað." > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
