[MD] now it comes

[MarshaV]

Hi Platt,

Yea, I think using his daughter is pathetic.  Although his arguments often 
sound like teenage rebellion.  

Marsha



On Jul 27, 2010, at 9:44 AM, plattholden at gmail.com wrote:

> Your entire bloviated, smoke-filled, what-my-daughter-thinks excuse boils down 
> to, "I made a mistake." I leave it to the jury to judge your credibility.   
> 
> 
> 
> On 27 Jul 2010 at 9:23, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote:
> 
> [Platt]
> By all means let's not be bogged down by standards. Let's not bother if Junior
> says 2 + 2 = 22 or writes without punctuation, but give him an A for
> creativity. 
> 
> [Arlo]
> See, its this type of ridiculous dishonesty that really makes you look like a
> fool. Let's see, if my child saw a misprint in a paper that went "2 # 2 = 4",
> and she was able to figure out from the context that "#" should have been "+",
> yes, I'd say that makes her MUCH SMARTER than the idiot who writes the paper
> demanding a retraction because "#" is a grammatical error and he can't figure
> out what the equation means.
> 
> And if by "creativity", you mean that my daughter is able to look past
> grammatical mistakes and understand meaning in context, rather than break down
> like a robot because an author misused punctuation, then by all means, she gets
> an A. 
> 
> [Platt]
> Personally I'd be ashamed to ask a juvenile to justify my lying. 
> 
> [Arlo]
> I asked her about this, and she said "this guy is a jackass". Since I had
> agreed you remark on my grammatical mistake (double instead of single quotes),
> and was pointing out that even a kid could understand that in context that was
> obviously a parody, this type of talk-radio bombast really paints you quite
> the.. jackass. 
> 
> [Platt]
> This wasn't the first time you have used quotes to falsely report what I said.
> Then you preach about intellectual honesty. Pathetic. 
> 
> [Arlo]
> Right, and you can show me ANY instance, a single ONE, where its not obviously
> a parody to ANYONE who reads it? ONE? Go ahead, I'll wait... 
> 
> I admit, I'm a bit lazy typing emails, its a blended discourse genre to me, and
> I don't sweat "single versus double quotes" when the context obviously shouts
> PARODY!.
> 
> But since such a thing boggles your hardwired brain, and since I am dealing
> with someone with a lower literacy than my teenage daughter, I'll be sure as to
> follow strict grammar rules when talking to you, Platt, so your little brain
> doesn't explode...
> 
> Kudos, though, for the inane distortions. "Jackass", indeed.
> 
> 
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