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Email from David Hallford
hallford@thevision.net
In response to Lesley-Dee Dylan's response to Jim Rysyk's article I must say that I am appalled by Lesley-Dee's improper use of language.
The word which should have been used is "you" not "off". Although "off" is applicable in many instances, I think that this particular instance requires a more personal response. "off" is a more generic response and it is obvious from the context that Lesley-Dee's response was more personal than generic - ergo she should have use "you".
I am surprised that you didn't catch this one and have Lesley-Dee resubmit.
with warm regards,
Dave
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Editor's Response:
Keep in mind that the use of the term "you" would have constituted a personal offer, which I don't think was intended. The use of the term "off" clearly indicated that that particular mode of operation was unavailable to the original author.
Remember the cultural differences here, David. Lesley-Dee posts from the Fidonews Canadian City Desk and employs local Canadian hocky colloquialisms. We foreigners are not expected to supervise such subtleties which we are not equipped to understand.
back to letters to the editor table of contents back to main table of contents back to fidonews.orgPoor little child
Frice@USA.Com
In FidoNews 17/7, I read the unfortunate rant posted as "Notice of Suit, email from 'The Hunter' <chasers1@netzero.net>'" and was fondly reminded of Steve Winter and his bizarre rants about "corrupt Fidonet Officials." These poor little fellows -- after they profoundly lose an argument in a public forum -- start spouting off, trying to make their petty little selves sound like they're powerful and threatening lawyers, stuffing their unfortunate rants with freakishly disjointed legal-sounding rhetoric, doing their best to try to pretend they actually know what the fuck they're sputtering impotantly about. It's amusing in a child, I suppose, yet not so amusing in an adult.
Is this further evidence of the decline of FidoNet? Or has FidoNet always had these unfortunate individuals walking these cyberhallways?
Fredric L. Rice
1:218/890.0
(626) 335 9601
http://www.linkline.com/personal/frice/index.htm
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Editor: I doubt that this is evidence of the decline of Fidonet.
If so, Fido has been doomed since the beginning - or, at least, I
don't remember a time when there wasn't some huperactive complainer
"sharing" his thoughts wit us. Like the proverbial poor,
complainers will be with us always.
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