From: wojdylo@maths.uwa.oz.au (INFIDEL)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.books
Subject: Taranto's Dickhead Pedantry (was: Only Connect)
Date: 16 Oct 92 06:04:54 GMT
Organization: The University of Westrn Australia
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>wojdylo@maths.uwa.oz.au (INFIDEL) writes:
>
>>mtaranto@shearson.com (Mark Taranto) writes:
>
>
>>>wojdylo@maths.uwa.oz.au (John Wojdylo) writes:
>>> 
>>>> Mark Taranto writes:
>>> 
>>>>> wojdylo@maths.uwa.oz.au (John Wojdylo) writes:
>>> 
>>>>>> Does "being connected" in the sense of Forster entail one has to be as
>>>>>> scatterbrained as Margaret?
>>> 
>>>>>> Stupid bitch.
>>> 
>>>>> Margaret scatterbrained?  I don't think so.  Perhaps John could point
>>>>> out some passages which make him believe that she is scatterbrained.
>>> 
>>>> Kate was broadminded enough to recognize immediately that I meant Helen,
>>>> not Margaret.
>>> 
>>>> Why weren't you? The scent of blood lead you astray ? Or is it that
>>>> familiarity (with a novel, with anything) narrows your mind?
>>> 
>>>Kate works with politicians, and therefore has experience at understanding
>>>what people mean when they say something else.  I, on the other hand, usually
>>>assume that people mean what they say.





>
>>So much the worse for them, in cases where a trivial mistake
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>engages Mark's pedantic leanings to produce screens full of hogwash. 
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>
>>I.
>
>

Mark taranto believes that by emailing to me his hogwash he absolves
himself of responsibility for producing it --- equivalent to the
proposition that one is not responsible for one's thoughts.

Hogwash communicated privately and  hogwash communicated in public are
still hogwash; and Taranto writes hogwash  because he is an ignorant pedant.

It's the duty of any responsible citizen to publish Taranto's attempted
obfuscation. So here it is.



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From: mtaranto@shearson.com (Mark Taranto)
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To: wojdylo
Subject: Re: The White Man's Burden of Proof - New words!!
Status: RO



	> The problem with your posts to this newsgroup is that they wreak of
	> your cowardice.

>John,

>"wreak" -- Here is your example of catechresis.  You did say you wanted
>me to point it out if I saw you do it.  Then again, perhaps it was just
>a trivial mistake -- hence e-mail (I don't want to take up screens of
>whatever it is you said).

You took up screens full when I read my email. Your choice of
method of transmission is no defence.


>I preferred your articles of a few months ago, when you discussed 
>books more thoughtfully.  I was hoping you would have said something
>more substantive about HOWARDS END.

>Regards,

>Mark

Thankyou Mark. Now I want you to point out evry spelling mistake you
find in my posts. 

And yes, my catachresis was a trivial point.

I'm not overly concerned by it, though, because I know it gave you pleasure.



jw
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