Condescension

Theodore H. Mann thmann at juno.com
Thu Jul 9 17:45:36 EDT 1998


I don't know what elicited the following response by Jonathan, but I
completely agree with what he says.  "If you can't stand the heat....",
etc.

Best in Christ,

Theodore "Ted" H. Mann
Orchard Lake, Michigan
thmann at juno.com

On Tue, 09 Jun 1998 15:47:04 -0400 Jonathan Robie <jonathan at texcel.no>
writes:
>At 02:15 PM 7/9/98 +0000, Jon Robertson wrote:
>
>>Just a suggestion - how about if we send even potentially 
>>condescending emails privately??  No need to denigrate (or 
>>potentially appear to denigrate) anyone's lack of preparation for all 
>
>>to see.
> 
>If this is in reference to Will Wager's message, which clearly showed 
>me to
>be both wrong and unprepared, then I disagree with you. Anyone who 
>posts to
>B-Greek runs the risk of being obviously wrong. Now it would be wrong 
>to
>(1) make fun of someone, (2) insult their character, (3) insult their 
>faith
>stance, (4) call names, etc., but pointing out that there are some 
>basic
>things that I had overlooked is very useful. I learned from it, and 
>anybody
>who would have taken my original post too much at face value probably
>learned from it too.
>
>I don't think there's anything wrong with pointing out mistakes on 
>B-Greek.
>And there's nothing wrong with doing it publically, since the post 
>that is
>being corrected was also public. It should, however, be done with 
>respect
>for the person who made the mistake.
>
>Jonathan
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