2007/11/26, Bruce Roorda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Well, then we're in agreement on how some users have been treated! > > Gosh, I'm overwhelmed to find that I have a perverse rationale and that > I'm "outside the optimum operational profile of an e-list participant". > I don't think I've ever actually seen what the inside of an "optimum > operational profile" of any sort looks like. On the other hand, being > from a rural background, I'm pretty good at recognizing BS. I'm > smelling a certain similarity... > > I will continue to consider primarily the first person to whom I reply. > I've found that works pretty well for the rest of those who may read it. > > As for you, eschew obfuscation! Some newbie may be frightened off if he > thinks he's in an "e-list environment". (Your post was actually pretty > entertaining.) > > > > bg wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 11:16, Bruce Roorda wrote: > >> Well, I have seen some very rude posts to inexperienced users who top > >> posted, despite the fact that you "call BS" on the assertion. (That's > a > >> very colorful and amusing phrase.) > >> > > > > Brewster replies: > > > > I think, Bruce, that you did not read my response very carefully. > > My calling BS had to do not at all with the first part of your sentence > > (berating inexperienced users) - I've seen that done as well. My > > response had to do with your statement about "their own preference", as > > I made quite plain by quoting it twice, and alluding > > to it a third time. > > > > Bruce: > > > >> As I have stated in other posts, I try to consider first the person to > >> whom I'm replying. Others are welcome to read if they like. > > > > bg: > > > > In that I believe you are in error, and placing yourself, for some > > perverse rationale of your own, outside the optimum operational profile > > of an e-list participant. Part of falling within that > > optimal range is being ever-cognizant of the fact that on a listserv, > > you are *not* replying to one person, but to the entire audience. > > > > Bruce: > > > >> I care not a fig for the preferences of an e-list environment, > >> only for the people. > > > > bg: > > > > It is neither possible nor desirable to separate the two. > > > > Which makes that essentially a nonsense statement. > > Once again, you place yourself well outside the optimal > > e-list-user profile. > > > > Brewster Gillett
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