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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: sorry
Perhaps what you were seeing was an exercise in dry professorial humor, rather than philistinism or hypocrisy, Even so, it has to be admitted that calling someone a philistine or hypocrite is much more attention-getting than calling someone a drily humorous professor. There is an abundant scholarly literature to support this. Art >>> rparkany@BORG.COM 02/27 9:05 AM >>> C'mon, Geo. C'ham: could it be because, among polite company, it's the *right* thing to do when you've mispoken--REGARDLESS about how self-declared list Nanny's try to *standardize* the virtual discourse habits in cyberspace, citing quite questionable *acceptable Nettiquette* (whatever that is that distinguishes itself from ETiquette) and other borish *conventions*... ..and, besides, Geo. C'ham: doesn't propper *Netiquette* require that you post ONLY to the offendig party and NOT the whole list? Philistine or Hypocrite? (correct answer: BOTH) Where, oh! where is the consistency between what the psychologist recommends for others and what he allows for himself? Physician: heal thyself... ;-} rap. -- "Dein Wachstum sei feste und lache vor Lust! Deines Herzens Trefflichkeit Hat dir selbst das Feld bereit', Auf dem du bluehen musst." JS Bach: Bauern Kantata Richard A. Parkany: SUNY@Albany Prometheus Educational Services http://www.borg.com/~rparkany/ Upper Hudson & Mohawk Valleys; New York State, USA George laments: ..Why do those guilty of this minor gaffe compound the > problem by sending a second message apologizing for cluttering up inboxes > and thus further cluttering inboxes? > --------------------------------------------- This message was sent via the BiznessOnline.com webmail system. http://www.biznessonline.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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