Re: THe OverRelational Manifesto (ORM)
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:05:15 GMT
Message-ID: <LRv1g.62469$VV4.1168016_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
Marshall Spight wrote:
>>>Of course you can shuffle words "stupid" "idiot" and "shit" (You seem >>>to be master of this action) >> >>In this case they seem to be justified words.
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> Incorrect. There is never justification to use such words. Never.
So, don't use them.
> This does not mean one cannot strongly refute others' ideas.
> But the above words don't address ideas at all, do they? They
> hypothesize qualities of the opposite speaker.
When I use them, they are empirical observations. I don't know about when others use them.
> In fact, I believe the best way to raise the level of discourse
> on this newsgroup would be for extended further reading. In
> particular, I am thinking of Miss Manners. Once the basic
> material is mastered, we could move on to the advanced
> stuff, like transaction processing or type theory.
If that is the case, why did you question Bob Hairgrove's legitimacy as a contributor here?
Sure, you and Vadim have fun doing math together. But otherwise, this newsgroup has sunk way below the depths it was already at before you arrived. Received on Wed Apr 19 2006 - 21:05:15 CEST