Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!utoday!greenber From: greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Franchise Opportunity Message-ID: <956@utoday.UUCP> Date: 30 Aug 89 01:13:59 GMT References: <434@tp2.Waterloo.NCR.COM> <948@utoday.UUCP> <5862@ficc.uu.net> <949@utoday.UUCP> <2006@avsd.UUCP> <5497@inco.UUCP> <2016@avsd.UUCP> Reply-To: greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) Organization: UNIX Today!, Manhasset, NY Lines: 70 In article <2016@avsd.UUCP> childers@avsd.UUCP (Richard Childers) writes: >mack@inco.UUCP (Dave Mack) writes: > > [referring to me, I think -- rmg] > >He's in a position of high visibility, and thus concomitant responsibility. > >It is a position that he has deliberately cultivated. > Well, this is certainly giving me higher visibility. Thank you. I know what my responsibilities are. I get a feeling I know them better than you might. >I have been so bold as to hold him responsible for his words, in his position. >In playing to the masses, he has lost his real audience. At least some of them. >All I did was say so. > I'm always responsible for my words and for my actions, Richard. But, I try not to take myself too seriously. To do so would make me a bit humorless, and (I think) unable to appreciate the fun things in life. Did I lose some of our readers? I really don't think so. Heck, I'm sure that I lose readers with each article we run. And we gain some. When I review a product and say "What a piece of overpriced crud!", I'm sure I piss off some people. That's part of my job, to call 'em as I see 'em. Of course, that has nothing to do with my posting a little (*very* little) joke. >"Besides, not reading the magazine because you don't like a joke from > one of the writers is a bit extreme, don't you think?" > >Whoa. First it's "his magazine", now he's just "one of the writers". > Hey, I wouldn't mind taking credit for the whole magazine. I'm that proud of it (and wait until you see what's gonna be happening to it in the not so distant future!). But I can't. We have some really fine writers and most of our reporters come from a newspaper criminal reporting background (Hmmmm. Does this say anything about the UNIX marketplace, I wonder? :-) [Aside to all: THIS IS A JOKE!]). We're pretty good with the news. My responsibilities there, as Review Editor, should be obvious. Tell ya what: if you're pissed off at my posting(s), simply tear the section I'm responsible for out of the magazine and feed it to your gerbil or something? > >I am valued by my employers for my ability to accept responsibility, not for >my ability to evade it. I value and respect myself for the same reason. This >is not a missing sense of humor, it is a refusal to laugh at something that >is irresponsible behavior posing as humor. If you are too dense to make the >distinction between the two without aid, this is indeed sad. > Well, that's very nice indeed. I have to question a person's ability to even recognize responsibility when they can't recognize a meaningless little posting. Brad (if you're reading this), could you please send my friend here a copy of your book? I'll pay for it. Use a highlighter on the more subtle jokes, ok? -- Ross M. Greenberg UNIX TODAY! 594 Third Avenue New York New York 10016 Review Editor Voice:(212)-889-6431 BBS:(212)-889-6438 uunet!utoday!greenber BIX: greenber MCI: greenber CIS: 72461,3212