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But why on Earth, Lee, do you think Gerry's remark was about Marc?

No dia 2011/11/22, às 13:31, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com>  
escreveu:

>
>> Antonio Pedro Marques: Marc, you have to calm down a bit. Gerry's  
>> grocery
>> list remark was NOT leveled/directed/whatever at you. He has taken  
>> the time
>> to say more than once that your ideas (yours, specifically,  
>> Marc's), no matter
>> how outrageous they may seem to most here, are NOT random but  
>> methodical. I have
>> said as much. Perhaps you're looking too hard for contrariness.
>
> Antonio, Marc has devoted years of thought, research and writing to  
> his theory. Is
> he really not supposed to be offended when someone acknowledges his  
> years of thought
> and method but tells him his efforts have not only been a complete  
> waste of time but
> also have produced ridiculous, mentally deranged solutions. Here is  
> Gerry's statement:
>
>> "If Wolfe gave you a shopping list that said bacon and potatoes and  
>> cabbage, you’d ponder
>> it for half a day and return from the shops with a bar of soap, a  
>> cat, and a left-handed
>> can-opener!"
>
> Have you never spent years working on a project? Are you saying you  
> would not take any
> offense if someone evaluated your years of work in such a fashion?  
> Marc is not manufacturing
> "contrariness". It is right there, on clear display. Marc is being  
> told his years of effort
> to understand Wolfe were a waste of his time and a waste of space on  
> this board.
>
> FWIW, I have the opposite view from Gerry's, in every way. (except  
> that we are both atheists ;- ))
>
>
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