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Re: Proof that content is more important than style? (take II)
Subject:Re: Proof that content is more important than style? (take II) From:Andrew Plato <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:21:22 -0800 (PST)
Now this will really bake your noodle.
Did you ever think that maybe I do that on purpose?
Heh heh. There is no spoon.
Andrew Plato
--- "Hart, Geoff" <Geoff-H -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA> wrote:
> Andrew Plato responded to my note that "As for me, I think you've proved
> your point countless times over the past 10
> > years... with your own messages! <gdrlh>": <<Now this is a good insult.
> Its actually got some cleverness in it. I didn't even
> catch this at first. By all means people, if you're going to insult me, at
> least put some thought into it. I can respect a subtle, clever insult like
> this. Besides, its got a shred of truth inside it.>>
>
> More than a shred of truth, and less an insult than an explicit recognition
> that your messages contain lots of things to think about, even when they're
> expressed in your trademark unselfconsciously provocative style. But I
> confess that the irony of your comment was too good an opportunity to pass
> up.
>
> --Geoff Hart, geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
> Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada
> 580 boul. St-Jean
> Pointe-Claire, Que., H9R 3J9 Canada
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