Re: OT? Community and tech writing in real life (was Re: Ambiguous words and Phrases)

[Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>]

Tim Mantyla wrote:
> 
>  > From: Tim Mantyla <TimMantyla -at- nustep -dot- com>
>  > This is one thread that's spilling over into "real life" issues, a
> ...
>  > Why not explore more on the ethics of communication?


I'm a little surprised that some of the philosophy-trained tech writers 
on this list haven't stepped up to your challenge.  Ethics is a branch 
of philosophy, isn't it?

> 
> Sorry, I don't understand that or how it would work. What does "a 
> default tech writing context" mean in Simplified Technical English (a 
> great idea, BTW), and how does it relate to the monkey-baiting and 
> Poli-sci and Ecology 101 posts?  :-)

It's like anything else. If you present too many choices, people will 
give up and choose none. D'oh, nevermind.
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