On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 08:43 -0600, Troll/Idiot wrote: > Brewster, see my reply to Gordon's post, the part about personal attacks.
bg: I'd like to think we were all perspicacious enough to be able to know the difference between personal attacks and a collection of speculations about people's motivations :-) troll: > I do apologize for assuming you were relatively inexperienced. I had > made the unwarranted assumption that you were in your early 20's or > younger. That said, you've been around long enough to realize that > "given the same facts, different people will reach different > conclusions, equally valid" is not meaningless psychobabble. bg: The first two phrases are certainly meaningful, and true. It's those last two words that convert the statement to meaningless PC crap. I'm actually a little surprised that you made that age assumption - I've rarely encountered anyone in their early twenties who even understood that there's a distinction in posting styles, let alone had a position on it - with the possible exception of a couple of Mensa members..... ... maybe in your zeal to provoke attacks, you're not fully evaluating the evidence and its implications in every encounter... ... no, I'm just a geezer, who remembers when the Net was populated almost entirely by people who practiced consistent mindfulness as to how their e-list practices impacted others; people who took some pride in creating posts of some elegance, wit and style; and you almost never saw top-posting, especially in a list environment. And a geezer who's crabby about the undeniable reality that those days are gone. Your "book" comment is way off the mark, by the way; reading a thread is in most key elements *exactly* like reading a book. 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]
