[meteorite-list] apology

From: Thaddeus Besedin <endophasy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:00:54 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <445810.86914.qm_at_web62509.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

Steve is capable of distinguishing the objective case of the pronoun"who" from its subjective function - this alone constitutes evidence that Steve isn't incapable of commanding acrolectic communication. Orthography is the possession of normative entities. Not all of us have the need to communicate in a fashion exempting us from reproach by merit of formality alone.
  Steve is a meteorite dealer, and although I have reservations about the possible loss of paleoenvironmental and archaeological information during the course of deep excavation of Brenham specimens, he is obviously successful at his hobby and livelihood - and I'm sure he thinks the same. This permits us to hold him to high ethical standards, but not to publicly ridicule quirks of his personality irrelevant to business. Offenses committed as a result of exchanges are not unassailable, though.
   
  The commodification of meteoritic material is a catalyst for any deceit or misdemeanor.
   
  Steve's grammar is fine if we understand what he is saying (I imagine).
   
  If I, as a qualified representative of a human in subjective grammatical usage, were dyslexic, my indignation of your belittling patronization, if expressed in language more asyntactic than you permit yourself to leak from your head, would still warrant censorship in most contexts by most censors.
   
  We all have our motives for possessing extraterrestrial materials. In the end, the reasons are perhaps tied to metaphysical concerns, even if our positivism denies what is common to our humanity: empirical certainty and faith are equivalent. Both approaches to the limits our experience arrive at security. To be close to the Ka'bah, after all, is to be in the company of the heavens - of the cosmos.
   
  -Thaddeus

Bruce Yankewitz <yankb04 at hotmail.com> wrote:
  steve arnold writes:

<< I really want to start gaining the respect of people of whom I know and
would like to
know on this list >>

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Steve: Assuming you are getting tired of making endless apologies to the
list (and most listees are getting tired of reading them), how about giving
this a try: Stop doing things you will have to apologize FOR.

Plus (aside from the seemingly self-evident solutions of obeying list-rules
and displaying higher ethical standards in buying, selling, and posting),
there are a couple of very simple changes you could make in your posts.
They couldn't hurt:


There is no such word (in English anyway) as "forsale". Same for "alot".

You might introduce yourself to the space bar on your keyboard (it's the
long skinny one in the bottom row). Use between sentences and after
commas.

While you're figuring out how to correct "forsale", give "stoney" a shot,
too.

Ditto: Millibbilliee, Glorietta, viens, liesure, givaway, shrapnal,
mororroco, rediculous, siderlit, nininnger, allie, mes, "to" vs. "too" vs.
"two", et. al.

A "fusion-crustless fragment"? Marks for originality.

While familiarizing yourself with the space bar, spend a little quality-time
with the key which says "Shift" on it. It Capitalizes things. Consider its
use with "texas", "monnig", "chicago", "usa", most everyone's names....maybe
even "steve" and "arnold", too.

Not everything you mention is particularly
exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A discernible attempt at eliminating the linguistic laziness in your posts
would demonstrate that you have some respect for the listees who read them,
a prerequisite for your receiving their respect in return.

At the very least, try to set your grammatical goal as high as listees for
whom English is a second, third, or fourth language. From a well-meaning
friend,


Bruce

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