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- From: mikes@Ingres.COM (Mike Schilling)
- Subject: Re: Check your temper at the door!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.171655.11512@pony.Ingres.COM>
- References: <1993Jan21.182034.13912@rayssd.ssd.ray.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 17:16:55 GMT
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- From article <1993Jan21.182034.13912@rayssd.ssd.ray.com>, by m1b@rayssd.ssd.ray.com (Barone):
- > I have been a firm believer in the quote, "Against stupidity, the gods
- > themselves contend in vain." No amount of railing will change it.
- >
- > In article <1j95vqINNng8@gap.caltech.edu>, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J
- > Lydick) writes:
- >> I, for one, consider it an act of kindness to let someone who doesn't know
- >> what
- >> he's doing know that, and an act of cruelty to let him go on believing he
- >> *DOES* know what he's doing when he doesn't.
- >>
- >> Analogy: Would you stand back and watch someone step in front of a speeding
- >> car, just because you didn't want to hurt his feelings by pointing out that he
- >> wasn't watching where he was going?
- >
- > You're analogy is appropriate but think of it as evolution in action.
- > Just as the stupid pedestrian won't try that stunt again, the "stupid"
- > person who fails to learn will probably lose his job and be slinging
- > burgers at a Mickey D's (without Internet access!). :-)
- Or be promoted to manager, if his political skills greatly exceed his
- techincal ones.
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