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Skriven 2005-02-22 17:10:43 av Thom LaCosta (1:261/1352.0)
   Kommentar till text 5432 av Björn Felten (2:203/2)
Ärende: FidoNews 22:08 [00/06]: The Front Page
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Björn Felten wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:

 BF>>    I really don't know, so I hope some of our US friends can put
 BF>> away their standard answer about US-bashing and try to answer this,

 TL> There's most likley no need to make that statement, since it could be
 TL> viewed as confrontational.....

 BF>    That's perhaps what you think, 

No....but others might, since there is no compelling reason to warn off
US writers (g).

 BF> but you haven't been in my
 BF> position. Whatever I say is regarded as US-bashing, I cannot even
 BF> ask a serious question about anything, even remotely relating to
 BF> anything US, before someone jumps up and screams "US-BASHING!" on
 BF> the top of their lungs.

It may be the way you ask the question, or even the different use of English.
I have a business assocaiate in Europe...many times his questions seem
curt....but I realize that there is no harm or insult intended...he just uses
English differently than I do.  

 TL> It's possible that if one looks at "editorial" as opinion, versus fact,
 TL> that
 TL> letters to the editor which can be statements of opinion, can be thought
 TL> of as editorials.

 BF>    The question was, as this is obviously something particular to
 BF> the US, how come? I've noticed that I have a column named "Guest
 BF> Editorial" in the Snooze config. I never could figure out what this
 BF> was really about. Is it something dedicated to previous editors, or
 BF> can it be that it is something reserved for "Letters to the
 BF> Editor", a column I created a year ago <hint to everyone! :) >? 

Guest Editorials are quite common here....the distinction is that while the
piece is not written by the editor, it is opinion, and thus is treated as
an "editorial" article.

I could write a "Letter to the Editor" and describe how the Echolist processes
updates.  I could also submit that as an article...but if I send you something
where I postulated that Fidonet is dead and that we are all wasting our time
participating in the network, that might be considered an editorial(opinion)
piece.

 TL> It could also be that the submitter of the article simply made an error
 TL> in using the word editorial.

 BF>    My guess is that you are absolutely correct, and that this was
 BF> indeed what David tried to point out, even if I can admit that he
 BF> could have used a better wording.

I suspect that it's not really an "error"...simply use of a language term in a
manner that may not be familiar to all.  Perhaps what appears to be Drummond
insults is simply how David uses the langauge.

Of course if one wanted to communicate efficiently, one would not add noise to
the channel by stating things in such a way that they might be considered
insulting.

 

 TL> I trust I have defused your comment about US-bashing.

 BF>    Well, as far as I am concerned, I didn't see anything along that
 BF> line in your comment, so I surely must be satisfied for the time
 BF> being. :) 

Oh good....

cya,
thom
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