Comments on: George Gilder, Michael Milken, and the imp of the polymathic perverse http://listics.com/20060428149 Frank Paynter's Voice and Vision... Fri, 09 Jan 2024 05:03:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: David Weinberger http://listics.com/20060428149/comment-page-1#comment-186 David Weinberger Sun, 30 Apr 2024 19:37:35 +0000 http://listics.com/20060428149#comment-186 Frank, I talk with people I disagree with and sometimes people I don't even like. (Note to avoid ambiguity: I sometimes disagree with you but never dislike you.) Frank, I talk with people I disagree with and sometimes people I don’t even like.

(Note to avoid ambiguity: I sometimes disagree with you but never dislike you.)

]]> By: Frank Paynter http://listics.com/20060428149/comment-page-1#comment-179 Frank Paynter Sat, 29 Apr 2024 16:52:24 +0000 http://listics.com/20060428149#comment-179 I generally assume your positive regard and your continuing sensitivity for my feelings. You too may assume my positive regard, even if I botch the language sometimes. An ongoing policy is hereby established for Scruggs comments at <em>listics</em>. If you need to call me on my BS, then please tag the comment so that there is no ambiguity. That way I can go along assured of your support and good will until I say something really egregious or a foul mood overtakes you or both. I generally assume your positive regard and your continuing sensitivity for my feelings. You too may assume my positive regard, even if I botch the language sometimes. An ongoing policy is hereby established for Scruggs comments at listics. If you need to call me on my BS, then please tag the comment so that there is no ambiguity. That way I can go along assured of your support and good will until I say something really egregious or a foul mood overtakes you or both.

]]> By: J. Alva Scruggs http://listics.com/20060428149/comment-page-1#comment-177 J. Alva Scruggs Sat, 29 Apr 2024 16:44:11 +0000 http://listics.com/20060428149#comment-177 My comment looks a little ambiguous on re-read. Is it too late to emphasize that you are not of the process? My comment looks a little ambiguous on re-read. Is it too late to emphasize that you are not of the process?

]]> By: J. Alva Scruggs http://listics.com/20060428149/comment-page-1#comment-175 J. Alva Scruggs Sat, 29 Apr 2024 10:22:15 +0000 http://listics.com/20060428149#comment-175 <blockquote>You guys hate these rants don’t you.</blockquote> I don't. The process by which the vicious, the fatuous and the dishonest become the norm is fascinating. It wouldn't take too many choices to reverse it.

You guys hate these rants don’t you.

I don’t. The process by which the vicious, the fatuous and the dishonest become the norm is fascinating. It wouldn’t take too many choices to reverse it.

]]>