Re: FLAGSHIP #88 - AD

From: madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 16:09:32 +0000

>>Discusion, to me, means responding to each other. If you're in a
conversation with someone, and you criticize something that hasn't
been said instead of something that was, you're holding a monologue.<<

I wasnt criticising anything anybody said, or at leats not deliberately.  If It
came across that way then I apologise, for that was not my intention.  Rob, who
I was chatting with, didn't seem to be offended, but obviously I have not been
clear enough.

>>In this case several people advocated program-parsable output IN
ADDITION to other forms of turn output. You criticized program
parsable output INSTEAD of other forms of turn output.<<

I wouldnt call it critisicm, really, and what I said wasn't referring to any
previous part of this thread, but just as a general comment.  I said ''as we
have seen'' which you took to mean earlier messages in this thread, I guess.
That wasnt my intention, so I apologise for not being clear enough.

>>And then you shoot the messenger. Well, that doesn't matter, I'll
ignore that bit.<<

If ''shoot the messenger'' means I get bored of you, yes, I do.  I'll continue
to exercise my right to free discussion here with people who I find
interesting, but Id really rather just plain not talk to you.

>>Wow! Now that's discussion.<<

Ah!  Agreeing with you is discussion.  I see your point.

>> If I didn't read what
you wrote, how did I notice the difference in what we consider a
discussion to be? <<

Theres reading and reading though, Greg, as you well know.
Reading the words is not the same as actually being bothered to understand what
is being said.

>>I think I've represented your viewpoints rather well in this note, which
means I've actually read them.<<

I think that you've entirely missed the point.  Perhaps deliberately because
you're such an argumentative ass, or perhaps because I wasn't clear enough.
Still, I was responding to Rob's message, and he seemed to understand what iw
as saying just fine.

>>[ oh, but I wasn't reading so I couldn't have possibly noticed
the comment about men who prefer "real ales"... ]<<

Since I didnt say anything about 'real ales' whatsoever then I can only assume
you are really confused about what messages you are and are not replying to.
Given this state of confusion, your arguments dont really hold a whole lotta
weight, man.

Steve T.

References

Re: FLAGSHIP #88 - AD
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 13 Dec 2000 14:05:12 +0000

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Re: FLAGSHIP #88 - AD
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 13 Dec 2000 14:05:12 +0000