atw: Re: Recent flaming on austechwriter

Geoffrey and all,
In this forum, I accept that withering sarcasm and poetic name-calling is
the way we expess ourselves.
I tend to find it entertaining.  Do you really expect me to take some of
this stuff seriously?
Attacks on the pompous fools is a waste of time as they make fools of
themselves.

Attacks on the usage and abusage of English - in minute and obscure detail
- are expected.
(oops, did I use hyphens correctly?)
Counter arguments to any opinion offered are expected and surely that is why
we use this forum.

Attacks on you as a person and threats are not acceptable.

Bob T

2009/4/24 Elizabeth Fullerton <Elizabeth_Fullerton@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Hi Geoffrey
>
> It was certainly more "energetic" than we've had recently, but nothing like
> the venom that was being thrown around a year ago or so...
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Elizabeth Fullerton, CBAP
> Business Solutions Architect
> Infosys Australia
> Ph: +61 3 9680 2000
> Fax: +61 3 9860 2999
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> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [
> austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Marnell [
> geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, 24 April 2009 9:52 AM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Recent flaming on austechwriter
>
> Hi austechies,
>
> I've had a complaint from a subscriber that flaming occurred during the
> recent thread to do with The Elements of Style. I've gone through the thread
> a few times now and, while I can see that there was certainly some robust
> and energetic argument, I can't see any flaming (that is, hostility
> warranting censure). Maybe I'm getting soft in the head as the years tumble
> by and missing the bleeding obvious. So let me throw the issue over to you:
> did anyone who participated in, or read, the thread in question sense any
> hostility warranting censure?
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Geoffrey Marnell
> Principal Consultant
> Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
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