Hello Steve,
Friday, August 11, 2000, 4:46:30 PM, you wrote:
SL> Really? You mean you didn't write this line?
SL> - --- SNIP ---
SL> Any of those too solutions would be better, more effective,
SL> etc...
SL> - --- SNIP ---
Well...I think I need to explain something here. You have to
understand the above statement in the context. It was in the context
of that email I've send. I wanted to express an opinion in that line
(that newsgroup would be better for this discussion list). I didn't
intend to say that my opinion was the best possible solution. There is
a difference in expressing an opinion(like I did) or claiming to have
the best possible solution(which I did not). Now if u simply take my
statement out of the context, it may lead to misinterpretations. So I
think it was kind of unfair from ur part to just take that single
statement and use it against me. Read my email as a whole.
SL> Your idea isn't new. It has been presented, thought about and rejected
SL> several times.
Well, so it seems that others have also had this quite reasonable
thought.
>> It has been this way since the time I was in school.
SL> It is my impression that this sentence should be in the present tense, not
SL> the past tense.
You said no flames? Well this seems to be quite a personal attack.
Please talk about my ideas, this is not a discussion about my person.
>> I wonder though, why I was the one who always had the better grades
>> LOL(laugh out loud).
SL> We're aware of what LOL stands for, thank you. Either use the
SL> abbreviation or write it out, not both. As for better grades, you'll pardon
SL> me if my skepticism is high.
Again, you need to attack the person. This is a common characteristic
of people who can't really argue. They start to attack the other
person, instead of his arguments. Why? Perhaps because my arguments
are quite good? I think this is a kind of unfair tactic you know?
>> That's what newsgroups where made for.
SL> Correct. That does not, however, automatically invalidated the myriad of
SL> email discussion lists. Generally newsgroups are designed for a larger
SL> readership and a broadcast medium. They are more informal than mailing lists
SL> in tone and nature. There is a place for both. In general a mailing list is
SL> for a smaller group of people who will discuss matters with one another over a
SL> period of months or years and do not want a plethora of lookieloos popping in
SL> from time to time voicing uneducated opinions about matters they know nothing
SL> of.
Sounds a little elitist to me.
Thanks for welcoming me so nicely in this discussion list....
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