Subject: Re: Happi's Delight
From: Nicholas Leifker
Date: 4/2/1997, 5:21 PM
To: Arnold Kim
CC: Shadow Dancer <danceshadows@geocities.com>, fanfic@fanfic.com

On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Arnold Kim wrote:

	
	Shadow Bastard

		I think you suck.

Vulgarities are for those who wish to bash their arguments into others, 
rather than using he rapier of intellect.  To quote a friend of mine, 
"Knowledge is power.  Language is torque."  Here you have powerful 
language, but little logic to back it up here.  Now...if you had given 
your reasons for objecting, such as the fact that Ranma is, for all 
intents and purposes, being molested by her own father, then you make 
your point.  (BTW, Shadow Dancer, I do think you've gone a bit far 
there.  Glomping is one thing; the hotel another.)  However, by simply 
insulting Shadow Dancer, you not only close off your audience, but you 
make yourself appear more the fool for using such useless language.  

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Nicholas Leifker
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Nightelf's Elysium - http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~nwl9354
"The man is utterly mad!  You're playing a lunatic."
"That's the problem.  He's a brilliant lunatic; you can't tell which way
he'll jump.  Like his game, he's impossible to analyze.  You can't dissect
him, predict him...which of course means he's not a lunatic at all."
-- from "Chess"
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