4 Jan
2002
4 Jan
'02
3:42 a.m.
He is reformatting his responses. And I hope is a wonderful person. He
probably is, but he wasn't expressing himself well at all. Besides, I
hardly think functional illiteracy is a trivial matter.
If he wants to use a style redolent of Cummings, fine, as long as he is
clear about things.
"i sing of olaf glad and big", which is about the only line I can remember
besides "my father walked through dooms of love."
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Ian Koller wrote:
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
Further and more to the point, he has been
agressively ignorant,
and arrogant about it.
He was under "attack" and being ganged up on. And it was
even getting personal. I think there would be more than one
that would adopt a defensive posture under such circumstances.
This list seemed to display a "mob psychology" response, where
individually, many who might have tried to helpfully suggest he
better compose his messages into a more proper form, collectively
as a "mob", many were ready to pick up and cast another stone.
I don't think I really saw anyone try to suggest "nicely"
that he better format his messages.
And, while I can't say that I know for sure, he might be
one of the nicest people you ever met. Perhaps someday he
might do you that special favor and pickup a piece of hardware
for you, or look something up in a manual that only he has,
or whatever, if you haven't alienated him over a fairly
trivial issue.
"Merle K. Peirce" wrote:
Not quite, we are still waiting for his story, if he has one.
Further and more to the point, he has been agressively ignorant, and
arrogant about it.
We're keen to be understanding and supportive when he's ready for it. At
the moment, it looks very much like he's not.
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Ian Koller wrote:
You all are terrible. It seems like he really made
everyone's day by providing something new to bitch
about. Personally, I understood what he had written
with no undue level of extra effort required.
I'm not a religious person, but have always remembered
( though not word for word ) a couple of quotes.
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone?
Judge not, lest ye be judged ( or something like that )?
Everyone in this world may not have had the level of
opportunity ( in education, employment, etc. ) that
many of you have had. Before coming down on him so hard,
I would at least be willing to consider "his story"?
Gene Buckle wrote:
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
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You forgot the full grade reduction as a penalty for being a patron of
AOL. F+.
g.