And there in lays the problem...you are using the word as condition...as if it were a desease..it isn't. Stupidity is not something one is born with.. it's a reaction to any given situation. One does something stupid..not thinking. They may know better but because they may be in a rough situation they don't respond properly.. and afterward " now that was a stupid thing to do".. As quoted from a dictionary A poor ability to understand or to profit from experience Which doesnt mean that can't be changed...a poor ability can be from lack of knowledge which CAN be changed.. The only other explanation may have to do with a physically born condition of low mentality..a birth defect.. mental retardation of a any kind but such doesn't not qualify as being stupid..and if someone uses stupid to explain THAT, welllllll they need to rethink. Seeee yah. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 4:44 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: "Search" doesn't work in Win XP And just exactly what is wrong with what I said? I see absolutely nothing wrong with what I said, unless you are trying to say there is nothing wrong with stupidity and that it can in fact be cured. -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ml Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 10:30 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: "Search" doesn't work in Win XP You staited "Besides, ignorance can be cured... stupidity can not.)".. I don't agree at all with your placement of the word. Yes ignorance very definetly can be cured...but stupidity doesn't belong in the same line of description the way you put it. ml ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 7:10 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: "Search" doesn't work in Win XP I think that means you agree with what I said. Don -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ml Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 2:03 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: "Search" doesn't work in Win XP I would use some caution when dealing out that word--stupidity..it's so often used in place of ignorance, or just plain thoughtlessness. either of which CAN be corrected.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 10:06 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: "Search" doesn't work in Win XP >I would not say "stupidity". Try curiosity and ignorance. > Unfortunately, your answers lead me to the point where my ignorance > is beginning to show. (The word "ignorance" has some undeserved > negative connotations, but the politically correct "uneducated" or > "inexperienced" were too awkward to try to use in the sentence. > Besides, ignorance can be cured... stupidity can not.) > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/328 - Release Date: 5/1/2006 -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/