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From: hawk@oliven.UUCP (St. Hawkins)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: "Reasonable" Alan Driscoll
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Date: Fri, 24-Aug-84 19:59:23 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 24 19:59:23 1984
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>>> Well, Rich has taken credit for the orphaned quote.  I've already
>>> apologized to Lisa for the confusion.  So, any mud unfairly slung
>>> in Lisa's direction belongs on Rich.  Ok?  [ALAN DRISCOLL]

>When *I'm* being humorous, I put a :-) on the article, as I did above.  Did
>you?  Your article was construed as apologizing to Lisa and telling people
>that "any mud unfairly slung belongs on Rich".  I took offense at that, but
>I still had time to reply to it in a humorous fashion.  Humor, Alan --- have
>you heard of it? :-)   (What is really interesting about this is that Alan
>is getting a taste of his own medicine with regard to misinterpreting of
>articles.  [remember Trish & Rainbow]  Hmm....)

I would like tot think that anybody could see that "So, any mud unfairly slung
in Lisa's direction belongs on Rich." means exactly that, namely that the mud
that should have been slung in your direction that was slung in Lisa's
direction was slung unfairly.  Is this succinct enough for you?

It's tough to be rational when you ain't lit'ret :=)


>> In net.singles, you can't discuss male/female roles without making
>> one personal accusation after another against me.  In net.music, if
>> a person disagrees with you, they're a snob, and in net.religion,
>> anyone who doesn't see things your way is less intelligent and/or
>> less rational than you are.

>Isn't this called stereotyping, Alan?  Taking a small sample of items
>and applying (*your* *perceptions* *of*) their characteristics to the whole
>class?  I thought this was what you were arguing against in net.singles? :-)

Fine, he's accused you of stereotyping. :-<

>> The one thing I've never seen you do is to discuss *ideas*, without
>> the personal slurs you're so fond of.  You, rational?  My ass...
>
>Sorry, Alan.  If anything I've been accused of talking too much about ideas
>and not enough about actions.

Seems to me he just accused you of the other.  You really can't slough off one
accusation by presenting a conflicting accusation.  [Anybody want to accuse
Rich of being accusationally wishy-washy?:-}]

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   rick                                     (Rick Hawkins @ Olivetti ATC)
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