Well, at least the job pays well, right Perry? Izzy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Perry Locke Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] ELSMAN HOLDS- IN PERSONAL AD-HOMINEM OPINION
Jim, as I would say to my kids following a decision they did not relish, "I am not running a popularity contest, I am being a parent!". It is impossible to catch every word that might offend, to please everyone, to be exactly consistent on every post. Much of this is due to my own biases and sensitivieis (or lack thereof), but the hardest part is that so many of us are sly, able to exactly walk the line between commentary and ad-hominem. When one crosses that thin line, what do I do? Shoot from the hip and ask questions later, or let it slide? Some disguise their ad-homs as "affection" and "friendly teasing", while others release their darts by telling what they "would have said" if they were the sort that would use ad-homs. Perry the Moderator >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [TruthTalk] ELSMAN HOLDS- IN PERSONAL AD-HOMINEM OPINION >Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 12:24:06 EDT > >In a message dated 5/5/2004 10:05:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > Jim, yes, I saw that. I am trying not to become the TT gestapo, >believing > > that adulsts either will not make such comments, or will be able to >resolve > > these issues themselves, but you are very challenging in that regard. I >have > > > > let you slide with more ad-hominem talk than JS has ever said on this >forum. > > > > You say you want to follow the rules of no ad hominem, but you just >can't > > contain yourself long enough to prove it to us. If someone makes a small > > barb, and I don;t jump on it, turn the other cheek. Walk away from it. >Be > > the bigger man. But at any rate, stop the ad hominem comments and > > statements, and keep your personal opinions of others to yourself. > > > > Perry the Moderator > > > >PERRY, > GREAT. NEXT TIME, BE CAUTIOUS OF DAVID MILLER'S BEARING >-GIFTS. YOU HAVE BEEN BEQUEATHED A DIFFICULT TASK. I HAVE A PERSONAL >OPINION ABOUT >YOUR EXECUTION OF THESE MIGHTY DUTIES, BUT I WILL HOLD IT IN, PER YOUR >DIRECTION, THOUGH IT MIGHT ADD LEVITY TO A THESE DREARY LIVES HEREON. > ---ELSMANSTEIN >P.S. > I WILL NO LONGER CALL THAT ONE GUY "BUTTERBALL", THOUGH I WILL >ASSERT THAT HE DIDN'T FIGHT HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN , JUST TO >BECOME A VEGAN. YOU LIKE THAT ONE? HERE'S ANOTHER: > J0HN AND I SHARE THE CHALLENGE OF MIDDLE-AGE: > THAT IS WHEN YOUR NARROW-WAIST AND BROAD-MIND EXCHANGE >PLACES!!! ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
