Re: anonymous posts

thefool75 <*no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com*> · Fri, 25 Apr 2003 22:07:29 -0000

Thanks...that was the 2nd time lately that I've been accused of self-
aggrandizement in my posts--apparently some people deem any argument 
with evidence to be conceived in hubris.
BTW, if I had wanted to somehow demonstrate knowledge of obscurata 
(and I'm sure that everyone has some really unknown author that they 
read) I sure as hell would have picked someone less known than Svevo--
but I've learned my lesson, in the spirit of humility I will not give 
an example...
my 3 cents, a not anonymous Nathan F.

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, castrioti <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> a lot of people, consciously or not, seem to 
> > use this forum to show off how much they know, and it can get 
kind 
> of 
> > tiresome. 
> 
> Okay, the part about Italo Svevo being followed by Shakespeare 
looked 
> like it was meant to show that it is possible to have a question on 
> an obscure name followed by an equally difficult one on a name that 
> is not-so-obscure. Whether you agree with that or not, I think it's 
a 
> bit cynical to assume that any time someone posts information 
> containing names that people have not heard of, they're really just 
> trying to pump up their own egos or show off their "obscure" 
> knowledge or that they're just an expert trying to drive the game 
in 
> their own particular direction. Maybe a lot of people have never 
> heard of Svevo and don't care. Fine. But it doesn't mean that 
> everytime someone posts about a person/place/thing/idea on the 
> difficulty level of Svevo that they're a showoff. People should be 
> able to argue their point using whatever example they deem most 
> lucid. It shouldn't matter whether that includes poor, broken 
English 
> or an example from Italian lit (not that these are exact 
opposites). 
> If you can prove they're wrong, do it. If you think they're right, 
> say so. But if you want to attack their point, focus on the main 
> idea, not the nouns that you think are obscure-sounding that they 
use 
> to convey it. And if you want to call someone a loudmouth, arrogant 
> ACF-fundamentalist ego-pumping chumpmonkey, take it to that other 
> board (not to say that's what Joon was doing).
> 
> --Wesley