On 2/13/10, Brewster Gillett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 22:28 -0600, Troll/Idiot wrote: >> Well, Brewster, you've chewed it over at some length on several >> occasions. Get used to the idea that given the same facts, different >> people will reach different conclusions, equally valid. > > bg: > > I'm familiar with that possibility. I am also well able to understand > that there are only two possible interpretations of the typical cursor > positioning in "REPLY" mode, and a careful assessment of both > choices makes it abundantly plain which one is superior. > Life presents us with a pattern of differential choices whose > relative worth is plain to see for those who bother to examine them. > > Something that those of the "Whatever!" generations seem to consider > way too much hard work for them. It's a lot easier to fall back on > meaningless psychobabble bromides like "different people will reach > different conclusions, equally valid." > > I am painfully aware that, in the 21st century, we are inundated with > people who have been carefully indoctrinated to believe that all points > of view are equally valid, and that all human beings deserve respect > solely based in their ability to draw breath. That the most horrific > possible outcome might be that something, or someone, could be shown > to be superior to something, or someone, else. > > You'll pardon me if I reject that shit out of hand :-) > > Troll: > >> Some people, more experienced than you in email lists and internet forums, >> find top >> posting preferable. It's not just the newbies, the ignorant and the >> inexperienced. > > bg: > > Whatever gave you the idea that you know what my level of experience is? > I first used email in 1981, and first used elists/forums in about the > middle Eighties. I have never encountered anyone with a similar length > of exposure who prefers top-posting. You would be the first. Assuming > you go back that far. > > By the way, my email software, a widely used and well-established open > source program, specifically says, under "Composer Preferences", > that top posting is "not recommended". > >> Troll/Idiot >> Have a nice day. Don't expect everyone else to think like you do. > > bg: > > You really are hilarious, and seem to have drawn your argumentative > structures from your days in preschool. It is not a matter of expecting > people to "think like [I] do". It is a matter of expecting them > to think logically, and expecting them to exert a little mindfulness > as to how their work impacts their fellow Net users. > > Now, suppose you explain to me how much sense this three-element > interleave would have made had it been written in reverse order. > > Top-posting is about laziness, and about ignorance, and about having > a tin ear when it comes to the more subtle nuances of communications. > > All of which tend towards, if not limited to, those with the least > experience of the Net and its group activities. You are fighting a > losing battle, philosophically, and your adversaries in the war, in the > aggregate, are vastly more experienced, not just at the Net, but > apparently at life, than you. > > The fact that you may have millions of AOLers, and Yahooers, MSNers > and gmailers at your back, these days, still does not make yours the > correct position. > > > Brewster > > -- > *********************************************************************** > Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity > *********************************************************************** > W. Brewster Gillett [email protected] Portland, OR USA > *********************************************************************** > Simply because you don't like to hear it, that doesn't make it untrue. > *********************************************************************** > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
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