In a message dated 22/07/2006 15:36:05 GMT Daylight Time,
nigel_betternu@yahoo.com writes:
> It is quite disturbing that people are entirely
> missing the point being made here. It it is
> indisputable that contributing to a given thread with
> an answer that, in effect, says "I know the answer to
> this, but would prefer you acquired said information
> from me in a paid workshop environment" leaves one
> with only hunger and no food, as it were. But the
> larger point is that some of us have moved beyond
> knowledge qua knowledge into the realm of, shall we
> say, meta-knowledge. In simpler terms appropriate to
> someone who may struggle with complex concepts that
> scholars like Terry can handle with both ease and
> elan, this is knowledge of a higher degree: e.g. it is
> less important exactly what we know, and more salient
> that the list recognizes that we know. Would one
> expect that Druid priests just tossed off all of their
> hard-earned knowledge to any ploughsman that asked for
> it? I doubt it. I'm sure at the very least, the hand
> of a fair maiden would be the de minimis pecuniary
> recompense for any useful information.
>
Nigel
It is this kind of thing that gives this list a bad name.
Terry
Received on 07/23/06-12:03:17 AM Z
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