Amen!! Ed Weick 577 Melbourne Ave. Ottawa, ON, K2A 1W7 Canada Phone (613) 728 4630 Fax (613) 728 9382
----- Original Message ----- From: "Salvador R. Sánchez Gutiérrez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 12:39 AM Subject: Re: Beating a dead horse > I respectfully suggest to continue you "dialogue" in private. > Salvador > > > ----- Mensaje original ----- > De: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Para: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Enviado: Martes, 20 de Agosto de 2002 06:30 p.m. > Asunto: Re: Beating a dead horse > > > > Lawry de Bivort claimed: > > > I haven't challenged your IQ Chris. > > > > Terms like "silliness", "insularity", "cannot learn" etc. are usually not > > associated with intelligence. But we'll have to get used to your > cop-outs... > > > > > > > > your name-calling style _belies_ your self-proclaimed interpersonal > and > > > > communication skills. If you would have these skills indeed, you > > > > could have > > > > expressed criticism of me _without_ resorting to insults and personal > > > > humiliation. > > > > > > Don't think of it as insult and personal humiliation; think of it as > mere > > > technical description. > > > > Even if it would be a correct description, someone with "good > communication > > skills" wouldn't resort to such clumsy name-calling to express it. > > > > > > > Well, uh, yes of course; everyone's Swiss friends would have nothing > better > > > to do than discuss the Swiss health care system and old Genevese > history. > > > > Well, maybe you only talked about the weather and the barbecue... > > as all highly educated and interested professionals with great > > interpersonal and communication skills do with their close friends > > in other countries. > > > > > > > So I will respond as I did before: if anyone wishes to > > > know how I calculated that I've had dozens of close Swiss friends and > > > hundreds of casual ones, please query me off-list and I'll be happy to > > > explain how it came about, as well as describe the amount of time I've > spent > > > in Switzerland, my activities there, and the rough number of times I > have > > > been there. You will readily be able then to judge whether my > description > > > of Swiss friends, etc., is accurate or not. But we'll leave Chris in > the > > > dark about this as well, not that he'll spend much time wondering about > what > > > he would have heard had he only asked before leaping to his conclusions. > > > > It's high time to grow up, Lawry. (although I'm probably half your age, > > but don't query Lawry off-list about that, folks) > > > > 'nuff said... > > Chris > >
