From: utzoo!decvax!microsof!uw-beave!uw-june!igloo
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: !rabbit!jj's problems
Article-I.D.: uw-june.166
Posted: Wed Nov 10 15:22:00 1982
Received: Fri Nov 12 04:57:14 1982


!rabbit!jj's articles of Nov 9 criticize Ms. Crennan's "inappropriate"
response to Mr. Glerum's questions about marriage.  He criticizes
her 'misuse of "English"' and her attack on Mr. Glerum.  Let's discuss
these issues one at a time.

!rabbit!jj complains about Ms. Crennan's "inappropriate verbs":
ignorant, sexist, unfeeling.  [Didn't !rabbit!jj learn at college the
difference between adjectives and verbs?]  Referring to Ms. Crennan's
article, we see her choice of possible adjectives is: "cold, bourgeois,
naive, snobbish, obnoxious."  The intersection of these two sets
is empty; to put it in language even !rabbit!jj will understand, HE
DIDN'T GET A SINGLE WORD RIGHT!

I would not normally be petty enough to criticize a net entry on
such matters, but the main point of !jj's flame seems to be Ms.
Crennan's misuse of English.  We'll be charitable and assume
that "ingnorant" is a typo, but "arguement" was consistently
misspelled.  As for style, one doesn't "take a person out of context"
or "extrapolate feelings".

I suggest that !rabbit!jj, if he really wishes us to believe
he went to college, learn how to pipe his responses
through SPELL (and perhaps a diction or style checker as well)
before sending them to the net.  A Thesaurus would enable
him to learn some new adjectives (yes, adjectives, !jj) besides
"deliberate", "reasonable", and "mailicous" to which his contributions
have been limited.  PULL IT TOGETHER, !RABBIT!JJ.  Even a forum such 
as this has some standards.

I suppose the minimal substance of his contribution should also
be analyzed.  True, Ms. Crennan and others have held Mr. Glerum
up for public ridicule.  But let's be realistic--he left an 
opening big enough to drive a truck through.  Furthermore, he
indicated in his letter that he was expecting (maybe even
eagerly expecting) such responses.  Also, let's admit that
the net's primary purpose is entertainment.  I got more
pleasure and entertainment from Ms. Crennan's letter than
from a week's worth of sympathy for Ellen!
                   
     Not afraid to be a landmark court case,

                     Jeffrey Norman