Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site phri.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!timeinc!phri!lonetto From: lonetto@phri.UUCP (Michael Lonetto) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Responsibility and blame Message-ID: <381@phri.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 19:12:30 EDT Article-I.D.: phri.381 Posted: Tue Aug 6 19:12:30 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 01:49:22 EDT References: <750@ihuxa.UUCP> <1637@hao.UUCP> <882@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY) Lines: 19 > > Imagine this: you are trying to master the use of a particularly > complicated piece of machinery, and have become very frustrated at > the futility of repeated attempts to do so. Someone walks up to you and > says "I learned to do this. Which shows me that others can do it too." > Now, in your flustered and frustrated state, despite your incredible > virtuosity ( :-) ) at controlling your emotions, how are you likely to > react to that statement? "GREAT, how does this damn thing work?" -- ____________________ Michael Lonetto Public Health Research Institute, 455 1st Ave, NY, NY 10016 (allegra!phri!lonetto) "BUY ART, NOT COCAINE"