On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 08:37:20PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I'm trying to figure out if there's anything constructive I can say in > > > the context he's created, and I'm not coming up with any good ideas. > > > > Yes -- this seems to be the problem with Craig. > > The only thing that it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to > say nothing. I think that the climate is much better if, when such > language repeatedly pops up, people stand up and say: this is > inappropriate.
fucking hypocrite! it's somehow OK for you to complain about my occasional, in-context and grammatically-correct use of certain English words, but it is *NOT OK* for me to make any complaint about the constant petty idiocy and pedantic spitefulness on this list. but i forget - certain words in the English language are allegedly beyond the pale, they are a magically perfect excuse for ignoring the actual substance of what someone has to say and to instead concentrate on whining about a few choice words. > I don't know if that's sufficient, but I know that it can do a lot to make > the "meek" feel more welcome, to know that people will stand up. unless the person standing up happens to be standing up against your favourite behaviour of idiotic pedantry - in that case, then whinge and whine and moan and make a huge fuss over nothing just to distract from the content. craig -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
