tischler@ihuxv.UUCP (tischler) (02/28/84)
Once again Norris misses the point. Collins not only can not spell, but his grammar is equally as terrible. The facts seem to point to another fact-- Collins is not very educated. This argument is furthered by the fact that he DOES follow an evangelist, according to his own articles he has posted to the net. All indications are that the less-educated in our society follow an evangelist closely. The final point is that when you follow an evangelist, you MUST have an open wallet, or the evangelist will drop you really quickly. The fact that Collins can't spell or use grammar properly merely indicates that, as a seemingly uneducated person, he is more inclined to be suckered in to the following of an evangelist, which means he will have to have an "open wallet." It's a shame that Norris has lowered himself even further to defend someone like Collins. That's all I have to say at this particular time, since I expect my mail bin is going to be overflowing in a moment. Mark
ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow) (02/28/84)
-- David Norris writes about Rich Rosen's ridicule of the person who misspelled "Satan": >>> "Hasty Generalization" - Rich has based a general statement on too small >>> a sample. Also, he has not made any connection between a bad speller & >>> the quality of the audience of an evangelist. He assumes: >>> a) This fellow is a member of an evangelist's audience >>> b) He is an idiot (argumentum ad Hominem, again) >>> c) He has a wallet with money in it >>> d) He has never read the Bible (or hardly ever). This is not >>> obvious because he misspells "Satan". He may have dyslexia, or >>> simply be a bad speller with a bad memory. Sorry David, from here it looks like RR is batting a good .500. He isn't generalizing at all. Indeed, his logic is deductive, not inductive. The fellow clearly is of an evangelical persuasion, and can't have read too much of the Bible. Folks who read a lot DO spell correctly. And if he had dyslexia, he would have transposed letters, not substituted an "i" for an "a". But RR covers himself, since if the fellow really DOES read, yet still cannot spell a simple word basic to his values, then he IS an idiot. This is not an ad hominem, it's a fact. But let's not get all worked up over this. Even we grammarians can hate the sin but love the sinner. -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 28 Feb 84 [9 Ventose An CXCII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7261 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!ihuxq!ken *** ***
david@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Norris) (03/03/84)
Rich Rosen, on the poor fellow who misspelled "Satan": > I think, though, that > it says something about the nature of evangelists and the caliber > of their audiences when it's obvious that it's not important to have > read the Bible in order to join this particular flock, but it IS > important to keep listening---having an open ear (preferably with the > suction power on high) and (as TCW has mentioned) an open wallet is > more of a requirement than knowledge and thought. "Hasty Generalization" - Rich has based a general statement on too small a sample. Also, he has not made any connection between a bad speller and the quality of the audience of an evangelist. He assumes: a) This fellow is a member of an evangelist's audience b) He is an idiot (argumentum ad Hominem, again) c) He has a wallet with money in it d) He has never read the Bible (or hardly ever). This is not obvious because he misspells "Satan". He may have dyslexia, or simply be a bad speller with a bad memory. Also, there isn't any evidence showing that an "open wallet" is more of a requirement because one person's spelling was bad. -- David Norris :-) -- uw-beaver!ssc-vax!david