I am so lost with this program!!!!

Robert Holtzman holtzm at cox.net
Sat Aug 30 05:05:23 UTC 2008


On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, Bart Silverstrim wrote:

> Robert Holtzman wrote:

>>> Wait a minute.  It wasn't an attack.  It may have sounded like it, but
>>> it wasn't.
>>
>> If it walks like a duck.............
>
> Speaking as someone who may have some autistic tendencies, that's not
> exactly fair. There are plenty of cases where people inject an
> interpretation into text that may or may not exist. You need the
> originators explanation to have more insight on the motives behind their
> word choice and frame of mind at the time of creating the text.

Agreed. But remember someone new to email/mailing lists usually doesn't 
wait for an explanation before forming an impression. Come to think of it, 
some experienced in email/mailing lists often don't either.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
  "The best argument against democracy is a five
minute conversation with the average voter."
                               Winston Churchill





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