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   Marian to badgolferman   
   Re: Request of badgolferman to EVALUATE    
   22 Dec 25 21:05:50   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: marianjones@helpfulpeople.com   
      
   badgolferman wrote:   
   >> What do you think of the results so far?   
   >> Q: What can we do more to help Chris/Tyrone act like adults on this ng?   
   >> A: ?   
   >   
   > When oneĒs singular focus becomes being right and winning an argument, it   
   > is impossible to see the bigger picture of contributing to society. ItĒs a   
   > very self-centered mentality that erodes common human decency.   
      
   I can't tell for sure, but if you're talking about me, then I appreciate   
   that you're trying to say that it looks to you like I'm trying to be right.   
      
   Rest assured, I feel "just wanting to be right" is an utterly absurd goal.   
      
   More often than not, people often accuse others of 'just wanting to be   
   right' when they themselves don't want to engage with the actual content.   
      
   That's fine, actually, as I put you on the spot.   
   I apologize for doing that. I'll back off.   
      
   You know I have higher degrees in engineering and a bachelors in the   
   sciences, so you know I'm extremely well tuned toward always making proven   
   defensible statements which stand up to the most intense scrutiny of   
   accuracy & level of detail.   
      
   To be clear, I wasn't trying to 'win' anything as I was presenting facts.   
   If anyone disagrees with any specific points, I'm happy to discuss them.   
      
   But I'll back off on this tack since if anyone thinks the goal is 'just   
   trying to be right', then I've failed at educating people on this ng how   
   Apple products actually work in the real world (outside of absurd marketing   
   claims).   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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