It's NOT irrelevant, Frank! On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 3:06 PM, glen ☣ <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Heh, just in case you think my comments about my gratefulness or admission > of my stupidity are somehow intended as ironic, I'll confirm they are NOT. > All y'all are way smarter than me. And I am very grateful for your > presence, interaction, tolerance, and the very existence of the forum. I > suppose that's the best I can do. If anyone still reads my words as > disingenuous, that's up to them. > > On 05/05/2017 01:28 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > > I have 30+ years experience reading and, rarely, posting to bboards, > forums, etc. Use of irony can cause problems. Even if most people know > what you mean, there will often be people who think you mean what you say. > I admit that I have occasionally used irony, such as when I mentioned that > Ted Kaczinski is an alum of my alma mater. In that case I was using > reductio ad absurdum to argue the irrelevancy of which celebrity went to > what school. > > > -- > ☣ glen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy emergentdiplomacy.org Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Visiting Professor in Integrative Peacebuilding Saint Paul University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada merlelefk...@gmail.com <merlelef...@gmail.com> mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2
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