Re: Truth be Told
oconnort@nyu.edu
Tue, 08 Jul 1997 16:53:49 -0400 (EDT)
> Well, the only thing you won was the Cyberland Sociopath Sweepstakes,
> buddy. If you consider annoying a mailing list for your own onanistic
> purposes while not even contributing any post of any substance concerning
> the reason this list exists in the first place a victory, than you're a
> pretty sorry person. Methinks it's thou who shouldst get a life, sunshine.
>
> The Masked Tortilla
>
> PS. What the hell happened to your syntax? Should we all take up a donation
> to provide you with some verbs?
>
> PPS. "putty" has two t's, not two d's.
C'mon, Malcs ... let's put this thing behind us. You're certainly
articulate enough to know that you don't have to go with a baseball bat
after someone for syntactical and spelling errors, and don't need to
resort to hurling insults.
(My favorite malapropism in this vein came from a friend who meant to
raise the issue of racial epithets, but said, "He was hurling epaulets!"
We can surely avoid, uh, hurling epaulets here.)
If Casey is a fan and wants to join in, understanding that bear-baiting
is not for this arena, we ought to welcome him to the discussion. I'd
rather not drive him away. If he thinks this forum is not for him, fair
enough. But let's not drive him away. It's not worth it for anyone
involved.
So, as we phrase it in NY, "Whaddaya say?"
Cheers!
--tim