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Subject:Re: More thoughts on Ayn Rand and tech-writing From:Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 09 Dec 2000 11:50:33 -0500
Bruce Byfield wrote:
>
> bryan -dot- westbrook -at- amd -dot- com wrote:
> >
> > I think that at least some Ayn Rand should be required reading in all our
> > schools.
>
> Thinking of how sensitive some of the list members have been about
> editing, I can just hear the conversation once tech-writers start
> reading Anyn Rand:
>
> "Let me get this straight: you blew up the entire marketing
> department because they didn't like your use of semi-colons?"
>
Your being anal. <sorry, couldn't resist>
--
Peter
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by either suicide, a bag of gold,
or thrusting a despised antagonist over a precipice on a dark night.
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