Klarinet Archive - Posting 000234.txt from 2005/11

From: Andrew Jablonski <lists.andrew@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Dan's unique spelling conventions
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:55:04 -0500

What's with everyone being so nasty to one another these past couple of wee=
ks?

On 11/9/05, Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu> wrote:
> I agree Rien, but I don't recall you ever having once suggested you
> are an authority on something which after a little closer inspection
> it turns out that you know very little, or that you are so sloppy
> that the point you wish to make becomes irrelevant. That, in my
> opinion, is the difference. Doing that turns a person into an easy
> target for ridicule.
>
> It is true that sometimes the opportunity for ridicule becomes so
> pronounced that it takes on a different form -- one of loving
> amusement, as in the case of the first page of the Guardian, or, I
> believe, in the case of Florence Foster Jenkins,
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins
>
> who was evidently such a bad singer that she had a large following of
> adoring fans who bought her records and were faithful devotees of her
> concerts. That's a bizarre twist on human nature.
>
> Oliver
>

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