On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:53:09 -0800, Michael Sylvester wrote: [snip] >I have a long history of tolerating insults,ad hominem attacks,and >other degrading comments... Even Mike Palij threw one at >me by wanting to put me besides Santa Claus.
Dear Michael, Please explain to me how being associated with Santa Claus, a symbol of cheefulness, goodwill, and benefactor of good children is either an insult or a degrading comment? I can understand that you might feel this way if, say, I associated you with Rod Blagojevich because most people would consider that a *BLEEPING* insult. >There are lots of millionaires on Tips Now I am puzzled by this. David Myer apparently monitors this list and I presume that he is a millionaire but how would one know if a Tipster was or was not a millionaire without an examination of various financial documents? I am willing to go on the record that I am not nor have I ever been a millionaire though this is only my word. One's word carries a certain amount of weight because of how one has behaved but even behavior is not a reliable guide (just ask the people who got fleeced by Bernie Madoff). I wonder what some future researcher who does a context analysis of posts to TiPS will conclude about the people who posted here and what roles they played. As Kurt Vonnegut noted in his novel "Mother Night": "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be." It is probably worth noting that one of the points of "Mother Night" is serving evil too publicly and good too secretly. In other words, don't be a schmuck. (see: http://www.schmucku.com/definition.html ) -Mike Palij, Ph.D. (but not in Schmuckology; see http://www.schmucku.com/diploma.html ) New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
