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Re: Proof that content is more important than style
Subject:Re: Proof that content is more important than style From:Tom Murrell <trmurrell -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sun, 17 Nov 2002 17:00:17 -0800 (PST)
--- Bonnie Granat <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info> wrote:
>
> I don't think that another's choice of challenging a poster should be labelled
> "stupid," and I don't think you're "slow," Tom. Why condemn those who would
> counter the faulty and dishonest argument?
IF it was a useful discussion, I would not complain. Lord knows there are lots of
discussions I lose interest in on this list after a few posts. THIS particular
discussion is an old chestnut that seems to get pulled out whenever somebody wants
to yank some chains (leashes?).
What amazes me is the number of otherwise seemingly intelligent people who blunder
right into this discussion as if it was about something. (See my earlier comments
about straw men.)
As for my closing characterization, I'll stand with Forrest Gump on this one, and I
won't yield an inch.
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Tom Murrell mailto:tmurrell -at- columbus -dot- rr -dot- com http://home.columbus.rr.com/murrell/index.html Last Updated 10/28/02
--First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
Thomas a Kempis (1380 - 1471), 1420--
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