Re: TRM - Morbidity has set in, or not?
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 07:34:54 GMT
Message-ID: <y_f9g.7083$A26.179946_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
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> I do not consider abusive and insulting language to be "plainspoken"
> since I don't consider that kind of language "plain." However I suppose
> you could stretch the definition to include it.
>
> I invite anyone to follow the link in the OP and see if FP engages
> in any namecalling. Here it is again:
>
> http://www.dbms2.com/2005/10/10/17/
>
> If you are short on time, you can ^F and search
> for the word "crap" and see who is using it and how, or search
> for "ignora", which will get you "ignorant", "ignorance" and the
> ever-popular "ignorami". Search for the word "baby" to see if
> anyone is being condescending to the opposite party.
>
> See who, if anyone, is making any broad, insulting generalizations
> about people of a particular nationality. See if such generalizations
> are on-topic or off-topic.
>
> See if FP provides any verifiable links to any particular claim
> that could be called "evidence."
>
> (Note that I am not claiming that anyone in the referenced
> exchange comes off well.)
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 07:34:54 GMT
Message-ID: <y_f9g.7083$A26.179946_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
Marshall Spight wrote:
>> FP is plainspoken, and he backs up his statements. The >>namecalling is on the other side.
>
>
> I do not consider abusive and insulting language to be "plainspoken"
> since I don't consider that kind of language "plain." However I suppose
> you could stretch the definition to include it.
>
> I invite anyone to follow the link in the OP and see if FP engages
> in any namecalling. Here it is again:
>
> http://www.dbms2.com/2005/10/10/17/
>
> If you are short on time, you can ^F and search
> for the word "crap" and see who is using it and how, or search
> for "ignora", which will get you "ignorant", "ignorance" and the
> ever-popular "ignorami". Search for the word "baby" to see if
> anyone is being condescending to the opposite party.
>
> See who, if anyone, is making any broad, insulting generalizations
> about people of a particular nationality. See if such generalizations
> are on-topic or off-topic.
>
> See if FP provides any verifiable links to any particular claim
> that could be called "evidence."
>
> (Note that I am not claiming that anyone in the referenced
> exchange comes off well.)
http://www.tdan.com/sms_issue34.htm
What makes you think Fabian has to provide a verifiable link to the substantive debunking of an ignorant every time he posts? Do you require the same of self-aggrandizing ignorants like Monash? Received on Sat May 13 2006 - 09:34:54 CEST