Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!gestalt.direcpc.com!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!newsfeeds-atl1.usenetserver.com!news.webusenet.com!news01.optonline.net!news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Difference between LISP and C++ From: Marc Spitzer References: <3243777529201772@naggum.no> <87jr9.16182$wU3.1470073@news0.telusplanet.net> <3DB62D5E.5030800@nyc.rr.com> <3DB7E810.9060603@web.de> <3DBD1675.4020001@web.de> <3244806524199432@naggum.no> Message-ID: Followup-To: e...@naggum.no User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Lines: 43 Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 17:38:58 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.184.104.202 X-Trace: news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net 1035913138 24.184.104.202 (Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:38:58 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:38:58 EST Organization: Optimum Online In case it did not get to your news server. marc eriknag...@hotmail.com (Erik Naggum) wrote in news:e220ffd1.0210290924.6d9b0860@posting.google.com: >> The distinction between the two groups are better described as >> follows: >> >> A People whose personal feelings are fragile and of primary >> importance and >> who attack others (or defend such attacks) when their personal >> feelings are hurt. These people care mostly about their personal >> feelings, even when they are out in public. Many of these are >> profoundly egoistic and self-absorbed, to the point where nobody >> else's feelings could possibly matter. It is therefore OK to >> people in this group to attack those who they think have hurt their >> feelings. >> >> B People who regard the truth as fragile and in need of constant >> vigilance >> to protect and maintain because we will always be presented with >> barrages of falsehoods and outright lies, and who therefore try to >> educate people and correct mistakes. These people care mostly >> about not spreading more mistakes and to the extent it is >> definitely known, avoiding re-opening long debates on why things >> are so. Now, the kicker: These people /feel/ a great concern for >> truth and knowledge, a passion for what the community knows and >> agrees to. When you post falsehoods to such a person, you have >> hurt /his/ feelings. This fact is incomprehensible to people in >> group A because their feelings have never been about anything but >> their very own selves. > > C People who think the truth is strong enough to stand up for itself, > and whose feelings therefore aren't hurt by simple falsehoods. > > You obviously consider yourself a member of group B. You are just as > obviously in fact a member of group A. You should strive to become a > member of group C. > > Erik2