jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) (02/18/84)
A quote:
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More wishes: It would be nice if people admitted that they change their minds
on things. I personnally don't understand what is so wrong about changing
one's mind. Many things are very complex (or maybe I am very simple) and
their are many different ways of looking at things. There is nothing wrong
with admitting that there are different perspectives on most things because
that's the truth. I was quite bitchy to the person who attacked my assertion
about society controlling women (you haven't heard the last of THAT one yet!)
because in the same message he was snickering because I had changed my mind
on some topic based on something Dave Martindale had said. He sneered
something like "what else are you going to change your mind on?" and I took
that to be an intended personal insult. I did not see it as an insult, but I
could see that he meant it to discredit everything I would say in the future
since I am "fickle". (Speak for yourself, you, if I misinterpreted you)
Sophie Quigley
watmath!saquigley
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First of all, I neither snickered nor sneered, nor did I come even close.
Now I understand why you have been so adamant in defending a statement
which seems to me to be so difficult to prove. It is well that you did
not see it as an insult, though, since it was not and was never intended
to be!
To elaborate: I did not "snicker" because you changed your mind, even less
changed your mind because of what DM said. I said "you made one generalization
and it was shot down; I would like you to bear that experience in mind
with respect to this generalization". I agree with you that there is no
dishonor in changing one's mind, therefore I would never say anything like
"what else are you going to change your mind on?". I apologize for this
impression I seem to have made.
Normally I would send mail over this kind of thing, but since somehow I doubt
if Sophie was the only one who interpreted my remarks this way, I chose
an article instead. My further apologies to those who consider this
article misplaced.
the surprised,
Jeff Winslow