On 1/29/10 10:35 PM, "David A Dean" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Also, stop lecturing people. It¹s precisely as rude >> as you think they¹re being. > > *precisely* as rude? As if every possible form of rudeness is equal. IMO, > asking someone to be civil is neither lecturing nor rude. You've added no > value to this conversation. If you are indeed a professional Writer/Analyst, > you shouldn't have a problem expressing yourself with a civil tongue. That's not true and you know it. What you mean to say is "because you neither speak nor comport yourself in a way that *I* like, because you don't behave in a manner *I* like, I will, unto the end, dismiss anything that you say, because only arguments given in fair, genteel form have any validity. Facts do not matter, supporting logic does not matter. If you are not as gentle as a summer's rain at all times, nothing you say has any value whatsoever" Yet *I* am arrogant and condescending. At what point have I, a legal adult told any damned one of you how to act? How to comport yourselves? At what point have I attempted, on any level to dictate behavior? The answer of course, is simple. I haven't, nor would I. not only is that astoundingly rude, attempting to dress down another adult without *damned* good reason, but it is also condescending and patronizing. I am absolutely positive that you and the rest of the Upright Citizens Brigade walk around mouthing various variations of "If you can't say anything nice blah blah", and yet once you decide someone is ruuuuuuuuude then well, obviously that doesn't apply to THEM, and it's bogging time. It is absolutely laughable on every level, and if anyone else you deal with were to dress you down the way some of you have attempted to pull that shit on me, you'd be absolutely outraged and offended, regardless of justification. But then, when it's your ox getting gored, well, I suppose it's completely different. I'm sure you could explain why someone treating you the way you're attempting to treat me would be absolutely wrong, because it's unpossible that you could ever be the kind of rotting bastard that I am. -- John C. Welch Writer/Analyst Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
