I see your humor is on a par with your logic. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Deckler Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 11:48 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Greg's Utterly Fascinating Views on Ethics If truth be told, I actually LOVE to starve children. It is one of my guilty little pleasures. Some day I hope to have my own children to starve. My wife's cool with it, she likes to starve children as well. > Greg, you wrote: > > "First, I never said I was a "master logician". This is simply another > = in a long line of dozens of mischaracterizations of my posts that > proves = the fact that you either cannot read, cannot comprehend what > you read, = choose to embellish what you read or assume things about what you read." > > "So you are going to quibble with things that "I" said? You people are > = so whacked out that it is utterly incomprehensible. So where were > you = when I was called a "liar" or a "wife beater" or "stupid" or > "idiot" or = that I "starve children". All of that is OK in your > whacky bizarro = world, but explaining to someone that if you start a > fight (in email for = Christ's sake) that I will finish that fight. Oh > that is TERRIBLE! How = could you SAY such a thing. Never mind the > "liar", "stupid", "idiot" = stuff, THAT, sir, is uncalled for." > > "People mis-characterize and read things into my posts that are not = > there." > > "Personal attacks are generally the clearest sign that someone has > lost = an argument and has nothing better to say. So now I am a wife > beater, a = liar, I starve children and I get beat up a lot. I keep > learning things = about myself that I never knew before, I love this list." > > "And, I just gotta say...a starving child reference?!?!?! I > mean...what? = So now I'm taking food out of the mouths of children > because I believe = that accepting a vendor honorarium is unethical? > I...I...I literally = don't even know what to say to something that > incredibly inane. That one = takes the cake." > > > The original question I posed to you was: > > "Oh - are you an MCSE? Would having those initials behind your name = > enhance your credibility, marketability, business ventures and/or = > profits? Would obtaining such a title be unethical and wrong? If = > having those credentials put food in your children's mouths and a roof > = over their heads, would your attitude change any?" > > Did I state you starved children? Speaking of mischaracterizations, = > choosing to embellish, assuming things about what you read and not = > comprehending.... > > I asked you if having a specific vendor-based credential put food in > to = YOUR children's mouths, would your attitude change? You can = > mischaracterize, embellish, whatever to suit your needs. > > You should be absolutely exhausted by now from all the running in = > circles you do. Stick to your guns and stay stuck or as someone else > so = eloquently stated, STFU.=20 > > Actually, you remind me a singing and dancing Charles Durning from the = > "Best Little Wh0rehouse in Texas". Ooooo - I love to dance a little = > sidestep...... You're shucking and jiving so much trying to win your > = arguments you're doing the same things you accuse others of which = > results in serious damage to any credibility you may have had. I = > originally gave you credit for sticking to your beliefs but now must = > retract that statement. > > Doctors screw up and someone dies. Lawyers screw up and someone goes > to = prison or is freed to commit further crimes [you write the final > chapter = on this one]. Any person involved with the medical, dental, > physical, = psychological arenas [and their assistants, etc] screw up > and a life is = on the line. That's the reason for federal and/or > congressional = intervention along with written laws and ethics - to > guide behavior so = as to NOT put a life in jeopardy. You know what > happens when I screw = up? Pamela the personal assistant doesn't get > her e-mail from Aunt = Betty about what pie to bake for their holiday > dinner. Just have Aunt = Betty send her recipe right after I get the > mail server running = again..... > > Professionalism, honesty, competence, experience and skill count and > go = a long way in this business. Being professional means policing > your = own, being proficient, earning respect and being an example for > others = to emulate and from there you can create the infrastructure > of ethics. = You'd better hit the silk now because your plane has way > too many holes = in it to fly and the hole you're landing yourself in > apparently has no = room for the traits I just mentioned.. Our > profession hasn't been = around long enough to begin this debate and > if you think otherwise, then = go ahead and label yourself "ahead of > your time" - your ego can handle = it. There's entirely too much > cutthroat activity in this business to = sit at one table and hammer > this all out so for this generation at = least, it's live and let live. > > Let it go, man. > > > > > > > Barry J. 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