Re: Herb & Me

That's the problem with words, Al.  People who don't know how to use
> them would be much better off if they handled as few as possible.

If that be the case, Mr. Doogie, how can you justify this rambling,
disjointed post...a thoughtless assortment of words with little if any
meaning?  Were you on the "sauce"last night and had nothing to do?

Al

"Doogie Hoosier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Al" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Shawn,
> >
> > If I, or any one of 98% of the other readers were running Astromart, I
> > wouldn't think twice about the prospect of letting you have an astromart
> > account.  I would simply say, take a hike, Mr. Court Jester, and not
give it
> > another thought.  I applaud Herb for giving you the boot!  It shows Herb
to
> > be a man of impeccably good taste.  Too bad we can't boot you off of
this
> > NG.
> >
> > Al
>
> Let's take a look at what you just said to Shawn.  Skipping your first
> two sentences, we have, "I applaud Herb for giving you the boot!" and,
> "It shows Herb to be a man of impeccably good taste."
>
> Now think about that.  Herb, a guy you know only through the internet,
> possibly a phone call, or even a short visit in person, refuses to
> allow another guy with whom you are even less well aquainted to use
> his facilities, and from that you say it shows the former to be a man
> of "impeccably good taste."  Just what is "impeccably good taste"?
>
> im·pec·ca·ble
>   adj.
> Having no flaws; perfect.
>
> good... (I'll give you credit for knowing that.)
>
> taste
>   n.
> The faculty of discerning what is aesthetically excellent or
> appropriate.
> The sense of what is proper, seemly, or least likely to give offense
> in a given social situation.
>
> So, in a nutshell, by observing Herb booting Shawn, you've determined
> that Herb's ability to determine what is aesthetic, appropriate, or to
> gauge the offensive propensity of something is PERFECT, more or less.
> Sherlock Holmes' got nothing on you, eh?
>
> Would you not need much more information about his taste to determine
> how good it is?  "Impeccably" good?  That's quite a statement for you
> to make about someone you know well, much less a *relative* stranger.
> Would you not need perfect taste yourself in order to make such
> judgements?  Is that also what you are claiming?  How do you know that
> his "taste" does not include getting shit-faced at home and watching
> TV Wrestling in his shorts?  I fail to see how you can make such an
> observation, but you say it does "show" him to have just such taste.
> Do you mind explaining HOW?  If a bartender tosses out ONE DRUNK,
> would he also have "impeccably good taste"?  You did not give that
> much thought, did you?
>
> And where did you get the "98%" figure in the first sentence?  Have
> you done a survey to determine what percentage of "readers" wouldn't
> "think twice" about letting Shawn have an Astromart account?  Is it a
> guess, or did you pull it out of your crack?
>
> You finish up with, "Too bad we can't boot you off of this NG."  "Too
> bad"?  Too bad for whom?  You?  YOU have made far more insulting posts
> than Shawn has.  By what reasoning is it too bad we can't boot Shawn,
> but NOT too bad that we can't boot yourself?  I think it's just
> another thought that floated from your unconcious mind to your
> fingertips--it made it through your brain by going through the part
> that tells you it *sounds good* rather than the part that tells you if
> it makes sense.
>
> What this shows is that you are one of those people that like to throw
> words around, especially the often-heard catch phrase, without
> thinking about what you're actually saying with them.
>
> That's the problem with words, Al.  People who don't know how to use
> them would be much better off if they handled as few as possible.
> Think of it as analogous to the untrained person with a firearm.  The
> more he uses it, the better the chance of shooting himself in the
> foot.