I usually refer to it as the "ostrich syndrome", as in: "The majority of the people in the U.S. are suffering from ostrich syndrome regarding the country's foreign policy. Most are unfortunately also suffering from tunnel-vision and temporal myopia, two conditions which commonly afflict people world-wide".
;) > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Cooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:53 PM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: [ANN] Chapter 18 of the O'Reilly Struts book now available > > > Ah, but in English, there's a saying about ostriches sticking > their heads in > the sand. From Mirriam-Webster Online: > > ostrich: > 2 [from the belief that the ostrich when pursued hides its head > in the sand > and believes itself to be unseen] : one who attempts to avoid danger or > difficulty by refusing to face it. > > Not a good connotation for Struts! > > -- > Martin Cooper > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tero P Paananen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 1:49 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ANN] Chapter 18 of the O'Reilly Struts book now > > available > > > > > > > or maybe an ostridge... Strut -- To walk with a lofty, proud > > > gait, and > > > erect head; to walk with affected dignity. > > > http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=strut&r=67 > > > > +2 for ostrich (please note the correct spelling :) > > > > Perfect! > > > > -TPP - ostrich = strutsi in Finnish > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
