Stephen Beecroft wrote:
> -Marc- > > A customer is not in any way responsible for what one of its > > subcontractors say unless it is in the context of both of them > > acting together. > > So then, why do you bother including the disclaimer at the end of each > of your posts? > I don't follow you. I don't have any clients, nor am I anybody else's client on this list. But I *will* tell you why I started putting that disclaimer on all of my email. Once, on a non-LDS list, a geography list on about.com moderated by a young geography prof at UCDavis, someone took exception to something I said and threatened to take his complaint to my boss. Also, when I had a calling in public affairs, I was asked not to write any letters-to-the-editor on Church-related matters (not even to defend the Church against a bad article, for instance). > > > And please read properly: it was the *Alberta* government in > > the MediaWorks situation, not the *Canadian* government. > > Good point, duly noted. > > > If you can't even get that right, it's no surprise that you > > get everything else wrong, too. > > Thanks for the kind words. > Hey, it's my job. Just pointing these things out, like you like to do. Who watches the watchers? > > > Jim was wrong, as I've demonstrated on several ocasions. I > > don't care about his dictionary definition. Ducros is no Ari > > Fleischer. > > So then, the dictionary is only correct if it agrees with your personal > definition? > He was wrong when he said it was a public statement -- he's never retracted that, even after being shown that it wasn't a public statement. And it is illogical to claim that because I disagree with someone's interpretation of a dictionary in use in one particular country, that I therefore hold an idiosyncratic definition of my own. Hello? There are far more anglophones outside the USA than inside the USA. I explained the difference between Ducros and Fleischer. I have worked with provincial counterparts of Ducros. I think I can speak on the basis of direct experience. But Jim never acknowledged that either. > > > Your ignorance just makes you look silly. > > How true this is. Thanks again for more kind words. > Well, you're the one who's used to being in the "keep 'em straight" saddle. How does it feel? I meant nothing personal or insulting. As a favourite saying of mine goes, "there's a big difference between ignorance and stupidity: ignorance can be fixed, but stupidity is forever." I never called either you or Jim stupid, but I do believe that, based on this exchange and your refusal to see that things don't necessarily work the way you're used to outside your sphere of influence, that you were exhibiting a lack of knowledge -- ignorance, iow. > Stephen > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland �Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on� � Winston Churchill Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author�s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
