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|    Re: storytelling: talent or skill?    |
|    12 Jun 14 04:28:15    |
      From: mumble@nomail.invalid              On 06/11/2014 05:20 AM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:       > 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.              I have the facts as I see them, and anyone who believes that stating       them implies that the reader is somehow required to agree with them is       God's Gift To The Marketing Industry.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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