Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA19956 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:52:48 +0100 Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:46:42 -0400 Subject: Re: media violence Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <570E2BEE7BC5A34684EE5914FCFC368C10FC41@fillan.stir.ac.uk> Message-Id: <8C943669-5209-11D6-9556-003065B9A95A@harvard.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.481) Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Wednesday, April 17, 2002, at 09:21 , Vincent Campbell wrote:
> How come it takes me about 500 words plus to write an answer, and you
> manage
> to hit the nail on the head every time in 20 words or less?
>
> Oh, for your succinctness.
Oh, relativism....
I, on the other hand, sit often disturbed at my brevity, and await, with
breath bated, your soon arriving embellishments, relishing that I could
supply a spring board for your experience and knowledge, and regretting
that such was not at my beck.
Plus, short answers annoy most people.
I suspect I'm mostly saving bandwidth....
- Wade
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