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   Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) to mumble   
   Re: storytelling: talent or skill?   
   11 Jun 14 07:20:01   
   
   From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 6/11/14 4:46 AM, mumble wrote:   
   > On 06/10/2014 08:44 AM, A. Tina Hall wrote:   
   >> I suggest you stop trying to state truths that are, in fact, just your   
   >> opinion.   
   >   
   > I suggest that writing an "in my humble opinion" disclaimer in every   
   > post, whether explicit or implied, is an imbecilic expression of arrogance.   
   >   
   > True humility is never explicitly expressed, it is not something   
   > stenciled on a sweatshirt, it is something the perceiver may grasp, or not.   
   >   
      
   	Writing judgmental posts that read as though you, and you alone, have   
   the TRVTH, expresses your own egoism rather thoroughly. Good work.   
      
      
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