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Subject:Re: Are we just secretaries? From:Bill Swallow <bill_swallow -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:33:38 -0700 (PDT)
> Don't say something that silly to me again. I don't
> like being misinterpreted and evaluated by someone
> who
> obviously has a tendency to inject his own
> insecurities into a situation and read things in
> where
> they don't belong, making criticisms that he/she is
> not able to make.
Well, who struck a nerve on who? If you bothered to
actually look at the email I sent, you would see that
I DID NOT write that part - I was commenting on it. MY
PART of the message (the part without the angle
brackets, which 99% of the time indicate copied
content from a message to which the current message is
replying) was the URL.
> You do not have any basis for judging how well I can
> spell becuase of one email typed at top speed. If
> you
> want me to send you my degrees and test scores - I
> will be happy to oblige. In the mean time do not
> make
> these silly types of evaluations. You really d9on't
> know what you are talkign about.
I'm not interested in your degrees and test scores. In
fact, I really don't think anyone is. As far as all
that is concerned, it doesn't mean squat compared to
the manner in which you conduct yourself in a forum. I
believe I know exactly what I'm talking about when I
say that I am disappointed that a presumably astute
and potentially revered writer has such a hair trigger
for criticism, and the inability to recognize or
establish context in messages received and sent.
My apologies to the list for a public reply, but this
post really got under my skin.
=====
Bill Swallow
Technical Writer
PowerAdz.com
518.687.6107
bswallow -at- poweradz -dot- com
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