I fart in your general direction! ;p ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:48 AM Subject: Re: Poor list behaviour WAS Re: Terminology lesson. WAS Re: 28-105 vs 24-90 vs 35-105
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pentax Guy Subject: Poor list behaviour WAS Re: > Terminology lesson. WAS Re: 28-105 vs 24-90 vs 35-105 > > > > > > So where did you look that up William? I myself used a rather > heavy Oxford > > Thesaurus, larger than most big dictionaries. We know Oxford > is where it's > > at if you using real English English. I wonder, what did you > leave out of > > yours? I did not edit mine at all, it was there, word for > word, thesaurus > > to mail. > > Mirriam's online. You aren't worth more effort than that. > > > > > Whether this implies a lack of understanding amoung several > > > million photographers, or a lack of understanding from one > > > person (you are a person, right?), you tell me. > > > > Uhh...right, so because of that, it must be true. So during > WWII the major > > of German people were correct in their support and action > towards other > > minority or disabled people? > > Good one. A very logical jump from the definition of a word to > the Holocaust. I applaud you. > Seriously though, its pretty much been decided that the Nazi > atrocities were the acts of a small but very powerful section of > the population of Germany, which, at the time, was a fairly > small percentage of the total population of the planet. > > > > > Retarded people are now referred to as "challenged", though > they > > > used to get the label "dodo". > > > > William, really, look at the FAQ, go to a government website, > or the UN > > site, or any civil and human rights website. You should know > better, but > > perhaps you don't, but the disabled persons you mentioned, > officially (for > > the Canada 2001 Summer Games) are wrong. As a volunteer for > the event, she > > was given words not to use when addressing disabled persons, > and both were > > not to be said or tolerated. > > Really? They've changed the accepted adjective again? > It doesn't surprise me, but I think it a bit silly. > > > > I bet I know what you call African-Americans to your buddies. > > The "African-Americans" I know personally, I call Henry, and > Luther. I tend not to label people by race or skin colour. It's > never been my way to make an issue of it. > > > > > Herb was an angel compared to you. In photography, try and be > a little more > > open-minded and less rigid. In life, please seek to reform > your poor > > attitude, and try and be a little more sensitive to others, > and practice > > toleration. I really hope no one on this list that has a > child with > > developmental difficulties, that's something they shouldn't > see or hear at > > any time or place. > > You lack the credibility to be lecturing anyone. > > William Robb > >
