[PLUG-TALK] banning folks from PLUG mailing list
Russell Senior
seniorr at aracnet.com
Wed Feb 4 21:12:13 UTC 2004
>>>>> "gepr" == gepr <gepr at tempusdictum.com> writes:
gepr> [grin] Sure!! Lots of people use the word "clearly" to indicate
gepr> objectively visible things. I remember back in my topology
gepr> class at college, my prof always used to say thing like "clearly
gepr> the topological space is compact". And if a math prof isn't
gepr> objective, who is?
This doesn't directly follow your remarks, but _most_ of the time I
hear people use the word "clearly" or "obviously" it is because they
are unable or unwilling to articulate a reason. It is a big red flare
that says: "I AM TRYING TO BLOW SOMETHING PAST YOU!" I'll acknowledge
that isn't necessarily the case, but I've been conditioned to have
a skeptical response.
--
Russell Senior ``I have nine fingers; you have ten.''
seniorr at aracnet.com
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