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Re: What's a freedom fighter?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 27 May 2004 01:16:18 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> I tend to filter Scott's writings here out, for the most part, and
> you should too.
I don't know how. His writing is like a powerful magnetic field.
Very polarizing. Normally my perspective spins around, tilting ever
so slightly to the right these days. But in his presence I feel
compelled to align myself against him. I don't like it, but I can't
help it.
> (he used to do more with the hobby, it is true, than he seems to now)
I wish he could see that, or his friends over there in the local LUG
could see that. Drag him out for a night with the toys. Straighten
him out. Lugnet is supposed to be the fun place on the internet.
> Don, (tangentially! :-) )I don't think you should sell yourself
> short with these self disparaging remarks.
I'm sorry...Oops, what I meant to say is, err, uh, I don't know.
> If you flub, admit it and move on, but don't say "well, I'm not a
> good writer" all the time. It gets tiresome. You're better than
> most US high school grads these days, I think.
Gee, thanks Larry. :/ How am I supposed to talk sense into Scott
with High School writing skills? He's got a PhD to beat me up with.
> Better than Scott (measured by what he posts here) too. IMHO anyway.
That doesn't help the situation any. His writing is fine and you know
it. I just want him to adjust the content a bit to something more
constructive.
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| (...) No I don't. It's grammatically correct, yes but rhetorically, it's quite weak. He dodges questions, doesn't address refutations, writes as if he doesn't get the point of other people's arguments even when spelt out in detail, and doesn't make (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I've always associated "disturbed" with Dave! But not in a serious, bad way. More of a good way. I don't see him as rabid, I see him more as "consistent". Some of his premises are fallacious, but he's mostly on the side of the angels, as they (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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