Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: Education Message-ID: <817@opus.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 03:00:18 EDT Article-I.D.: opus.817 Posted: Tue Sep 18 03:00:18 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 05:34:36 EDT References: <294@uwmacc.UUCP> Organization: NBI, Boulder Lines: 40 See parent article for Paul DuBois turning "1st grade education in today's world" into "educated man"--and then defending it...but then: Way back when, someone had said... > % > > The people of the Bible would be somewhere around a 1st grade > % > > education in todays world, So how do you tell a 1st grader about > ... > So let's go back to my example. Compare Moses to a "1st grade > education in today's world". How does he stack up? What do they > learn in 1st grade? Reading, writing, simple arithmetic, etc. > Moses could read and write. From what he wrote, it's clear he > understood arithmetic. Etc. So Paul (>) is now arguing AGAINST the old article by pointing out how Moses has various first-grade skills...which is nicely in favor of the original statement. I feel like I'm in hyperspace; I see people taking opposite sides and agreeing; then I see people taking the same side and arguing. > Anyway, yes, of course my brain consists of unadulterated mush. I > thought we all knew that. What's surprising is that you'd bother > to point out the obvious. This is sort of a lame device for trying to "win" an argument--but if that's what Paul wants to say about himself, I guess we should take it. > And I'm quite used to having my beliefs threatened, actually. I think > we all realize here on the net that not everyone is going to agree > with us all the time. Go ahead and criticize. Fine. Just don't > expect me to sit still after you've done it. Well, ("open letter" to Paul) I was trying to point out where you weren't paying attention to what someone else was saying. You still aren't. If it's attacking your beliefs to ask you not to intentionally misinterpret the other side in a discussion, you've indeed got a strange belief system, and you probably should be accustomed to having it "threatened" (though "challenged" is a better term). -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Never offend with style when you can offend with substance.