On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Isaiah Weiner wrote:
> I have read it. I basically agree with you on many of the points he
> brings up (well, the major one at least), but I think you go about making
> an argument for it *REALLY* shittily (if that's a word).
By the way -- welcome back, Isaiah. Now to business ...
...going to the garage for a bit of petrol, and tossing a beer
bottle full into the center of the fire -- if the list were
still running under 'vulgar.pl', you might have not seen the
full version of that one invented adverb ... <g>
The occasion to resort to profanity is unfortunate -- the
flame would be much more effective in understated terms.
Something along the lines of:
"Ah, yes. Well, I've read each with some care -- and have
to wonder that you express so poorly something in which you
seem to actually believe. Unfortunate ... perhaps a side
effect of the poor school systems and infrastructure which
Floridians have chosen to inflict upon themselves."
That way, the 'ad hominem' attack AND a libel of the state of
Florida might be combined in a more scathing fashion.
... Ian Fleming inbued James Bond with a preference for a
Martini, shaken not stirred; I prefer the objects of my
flamage to resemble well and evenly tanned marshmallows,
toasted over a campfire.
http://www.behavior.net/forums/archives/cyberspace/1999/1001&Top=1000.htm
-- Russ
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