Re: OT - Best way to handle dbdebunk
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:56:02 -0000
Message-ID: <h-mdnWBkBLDkJ23eRVnyrw_at_pipex.net>
"David Fetter" <david_at_fetter.org> wrote in message
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> Were you under the impression that in order to be crazy, a person has
> to scream? As far as rudeness goes, it can take many forms. Perhaps
> you think that Date's treatment of other theorists is polite, but
> you'd pretty much have to define politeness to be that behavior in
> order to make it so.
Politeness is a totally irrelevant dimension in matters of theory. History is thick with impolite, brusque, and tactless people who were also right (or at any rate, more nearly right than anyone else). And yes, everyday life is full of equally rude people who are wrong. It is just irrelevant.
Who apart from Dawn cares if Fabian was or wasn't rude to her? This isn't comp.databases.soap-opera.
Roy Received on Mon Feb 13 2006 - 17:56:02 CET