On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Richmond Mathewson <[email protected]> wrote: > > All things are a matter of degree. Carrying anything to its reductio ad > absurdam > will show its silly side.
Richmond, there was nothing absurd about my son's example, it was a real life situation. The other example was hyperthetical, but I said 'might die', not that they did. > What I learnt is that, if at all possible, one should not let personal > problems get in the way; But that is not what you wrote. I believe it was you who capitalized the never, multiple times, in your post, not your professor. But this is all beating around in circles. What I think I really found objectionable about your post was that you were fully aware that Kevin had suffered the loss of two family* members and therefore if you consider my sons' story reductio ad absurdam, then how could you possibly type out a sentence suggesting personal problems should NEVER NEVER interfere, and then, as if to rub salt into the wound, compare it to turning up to work with the flu and a cup of Lemsip. Sorry, I just found it ALL VERY INSENSITIVE. * I don't actually know how many employees work for RunRev, but I'm guessing there are less of them than in my own family, so in such a small work environment, I consider that everyone at RunRev was deeply effected by the passing of Bill Marriott to the extent that it was similar to the death of a relative. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
