From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Sun Sep 21 2003 - 00:55:28 BST
Matt and all:
DMB had said:
How do my repeated pleas for ordinary language make me look arrogant?
...Should I really have to read a set of books simply to carry on a
conversation? No, that's not reasonable.
Matt replied:
Is it reasonable that an adult trying to carry on an adult conversation
about basketball should have to repeatedly, over and over again, explain in
simplistic terms the rules of basketball to a child because the child wants
to participate? ...I've tried to play the teacher...,I'm just not offering
Phil 101 this semester.
dmb said:
This analogy is excessively insulting, but that's not what bothers me. I'm
not asking you to teach philosophy 101, I'm only asking you to explain what
you post here. Why is that such a difficult point to grasp? Why should it
bother you. I'm always happy to explain what I mean and so is most everyone
else. It seems like you're incapable of expressing yourself and fly into a
narcissistic rage whenever you're asked to do so. You should take your own
advice. If you don't want to even try to explain things in terms accessable
to non-Rortyites then just ignore me. Why bother with the insults? I've
tried to import some critics of Rorty just so you can see that I'm not
entirely alone with my questions, but you usually just end up insulting them
too. As the lurkers have so recently suggested, jargon only puts people off.
It locks them out. I honestly don't know why this obvious point so elusive
to you. Is it just a matter of pride at this point? You won't do it just
because it is ME asking you to do it? C'mon, Matt. Put your ego in the
freezer for a night, will you? Jeeez. Pulling teeth is a breeze by
comparison.
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