TO: All and BRIAN
I believe this post will greatly clarify Brian and the editing and teacher role he so desperately wishes to cling to but sadly has not shown himself a master of.
Brian wrote:
"Ken, substance is made up of minutae, if your minutae is poor then the substance will be poor. Publishers and assessors concentrate on minutae to see if it provides substance."
"The sort of things I am pointing out are essentially the same things that most teachers/tutors would point out."
Brian also wrote:
"I found it useful, mostly because you kept getting the man's name wrong! His name was Pelig Nye, not 'Nye Pelig' or Mr. Pelig or Mr. Peleg, sorry to pick up on minutae again but it does form the substance of an argument, what a great example."
Now I want everyone to notice how Brian spelled Pelig Nye in his critique of my essay in post 120 (look at the spelling of Pelig):
"And is this the same Peleg Nye, not that it really does your argument any good, but how do you know this is the same guy?"
Yet does Brian feel he is the master of minutiae?
Here is what Brian writes:
"Yes, but I do not think that you are aware that you need help, when it is patently obvious that you do."
"You are having some sort of psychotic episode here Ken, this is the worst case of denial I have seen."
Now how does Brian spell minutiae when addressing my spelling of Pelig? How does Brian continually spell minutiae in this string?
"sorry to pick up on minutae again but it does form the substance of an argument, what a great example."
For those of you who want to know the correct spelling of minutiae:
http://www.dictionary.com
Now if I were to write a story for children on Brian's recent behavior I would want to title it:
"Brian and irrelevant minutiae - his one trick pony"
But I regret I could not give the story for children this title because Brian has not mastered the one trick he attempts to use. I am getting the feeling that Brian sees himself as teacher of the great unwashed masses who are in desperate need of his editorializing regarding minutiae and yet ironically he does not realize he needs a shower himself!
As I stated before, Brian cannot deal with the evidence I presented directly so he atttempts to use the logical fallacy of style over substance that he has not even mastered himself. I would say to Brian that if you truly want to be a freethinker you have to stop using logical fallacies.
Now I would like to say are the websites I used and my personal post to the internet free of typos, juxtapositions, spelling errors, and even factual errors? No, they are not. I do believe, however, that Brian is not only being illogical but he is being hypocritical as well.
Sincerely,
Ken
[This message has been edited by kendemyer, 02-26-2004]