From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Bailing out.
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:05:46 -0800
The schmuck tells you all that he deliberately tried to insult me, I
responded with something funny, and I'm the bad guy. The lack of any
humor, or any cleverness, whatsoever in these attacks is pitiable, not
insulting.
Schmuck? I think the list would disagree with you on that. I detected
little humor at all from you when this got started. Do you perceive
yourself as the attacker or the victim?
I don't talk about things that I know nothing about, or spout pop
philosophy in the name of "wisdom", or stand on a box proud that I have
devised an opinion based on nothing but my lack of education or, what did
he call it?, "journeyman level" employment credentials. You want to debate
endlessly the cost of putting an aperture simulator into the next
generation camera? Fine, go right ahead, I won't quibble with your
meaningful treatises on that subject at all.
Nor do any of us talk about things we know nothing about. The fact that
someone may 1) have a differing viewpoint than yourself, or 2) someone may
express themselves in terms that don't meet your criteria for a serious
discussion, or 3) someone may know less about a certain subject than
yourself, doesn't mean the person is uneducated, know nothing about the
subject, is unintelligent, or even wrong.
Frankly as I go through life I keep coming to the conclusion that *some* of
the most "educated" people are the least intelligent (at least they appear
that way). Some tend to get so wrapped up in their own credentials that
they stop thinking any further and become close-minded to the diverse and
valid viewpoints held by others and blind to the fact that we are all
different and the world would be a pretty boring place if we weren't. There
is quite a lot that can be learned in other ways than having a formal
education.
I did actually study Latin, I did actually study Philosophy and General
Semantics in the course of my education, along with a lot of other things.
Not only that but I remember the subject matter, I didn't burn it out of
my synapses with pot or coke or beer or endless partying. My degree is in
Mathematics, and I have worked in Science and Engineering for over 20
years. I enjoyed the efforts of all these studies and that work: love
working with the ideas, the concepts, love learning new things. It is with
some pain that I read the emails tortured with "good old boy bumpkin
philosophy" and half-formed thoughts, so I did my bit to interject some
reasoned discussion. I'm sorry it offends your tender sensibilities, but
of course I'm an arrogant snot because I'm not part of the sacred good old
boy club of pentax lovers, or was it "the stink of darkroom smell lovers"?
I don't know anymore, you've confused me.
That's fine that you studied all those things. I don't think anyone would
dispute that. It doesn't make you smarter, better, or superior to anyone
else on the list. And even if you inherently were, you do little to help
the perceptions being made about you by coming across that way (and this
way).
But I do find it humorous around here. And I do try to be helpful. Even if
you don't appreciate the help, or the subtlety of trying to tell someone
he's blowin' smoke out his behind without wanting to say out loud, "You're
talking nonsense."
You have been helpful. Your nonsense is someone else's sense.
Tom C.
