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Rahvin
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Message 39 of 131 (459914)
03-10-2008 9:50 PM
Reply to: Message 35 by tesla
03-10-2008 8:10 PM


Re: Practise and preaching
Do you believe that an English major is smarter than a rocket scientist?
Sometimes. Intelligence is not necessarily tied to your chosen field. Would Einstein have been less intelligent had he been an author instead of a physicist?
Too many, like you (apparently), Are so anal about the written style, that content is ignored. Perhaps its just your pet peeve. Either way, the content per individual still may have some importance. Even if you think the person is a complete fool.
With some individuals, "style" is so poor that "content" is never effectively carried across. The purpose of writing is communication. If your writing style is so horrific as to prevent anyone from being able to understand what you are saying, your "writing style" is at fault.
Poor writing style, especially when it involves jumbled and incomplete thoughts, can be representative of jumbled and incomplete thought patterns. If you write sufficiently poorly, it's likely that you don't think very clearly either.
Fools humble the wise. Because from the lips of fools comes a simple wisdom. And the wise get so arrogant about their wisdom, They can be more foolish than a fool. And perceived to have still said something wise.
Whatever makes you feel better.
No one knows all things. And every individual has experienced or been subject to a knowledge that only that person has gained. It is wise to treat all people with the same dignity and respect you desire for yourself. You never know, when the one you have belittled, may one day be a fireman that saves you and your families life. Or a nurse, who saves your baby when all other doctors and nurses had no clue what to do, and had claimed the baby would die.
There are different types and levels of respect. Respect can be earned, it can be given, and it can also be lost. A good way to lose my respect as a poster is to show a complete inability to learn or communicate even simple thoughts. And I have no respect for religious beliefs themselves (though I respect the right of a person to hold to those beliefs, and would never change that).
I can not practise perfection. But i can practise improvement.
You could begin by spelling "practice" correctly.

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