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Re: Will someone rid me of this troublesome priest!?
Marc A. Volovic wrote:
>
> On Mon, 13 May 1996, Tuvik Beker (becket@cc.huji.ac.il) wrote:
>
> > Linguists do it opprobriously!
> > ******************************
> [snip]
>
> > When someone gives you the honour of asking for your help, and you mock him instead
> > of answering his question, you put yourself on one of the lowest, most despicable
> > ranks possible.
>
> I wholy lack mamby-pamby feelings for the incompetent - if the Lurie
> wishes to be helped, he _MUST_ read what documents are available.
> Otherwise, he lays himself open to ridicule and pity (my ridicule, your
> pity).
Why didn't suppose that he (Lurie) didn't know about such documents.
And if you have something rude to tell to one guy, what about a little
_PERSONAL_ email message ?
I think your attitude is somewhat selective and may cause newbies be
affraid to ask *dumbs* questions, and prevent them to learn ('lo akapdan
melamed').
> In fact, I do not know who, between the two of us, insults him
> more - me by ridicule or you by pity. I suspect that you are the real
> culprit.
>
> Worse, by publicly pandering to Lurie's incompetence, you lay the
> groundwork for further impositions of his sort - an action more than
> likely to drive away the few competent people on this list or to cause
> someone more composed than myself to lose his equipoise.
Competent people are welcome, Newbies are welcome,
'Itnashout' is not.
I think that 'savlnut' and 'solvlanut' are keywords in general, and
especially in learning and teaching. If someone think he's gone be too
rude in his answer to a question, so he may consider reformulate his
message or... thrash it.
--
Meir
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