Re: self-explanations and self-alerts

On Apr 21, 10:56=A0am, gaze...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Kenny McCormack)
wrote:
> In article <ik6o04554l8o6d1fd1brd8r4gv8vu20...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,dranon
=A0<dra...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> >You are just wrong, Bob. =A0But you are not alone. =A0Many in the
online
> >community (at least at BBO) share your misguided understanding.
> >However, if you were to bother to actually read the site rules, you
> >might find that you are wrong and stop making silly in public.
>
> You are talking at cross purposes. =A0It is not clear exactly what Bob
_is=
_
> talking about, but he is _not_ talking about the same thing that you are
> talking about. =A0Where I work (software dev), we have a long-standing
> policy that nobody is ever wrong. =A0This is achieved by never having
two
> people be talking about exactly the same thing.
>
> Such is the case here. =A0I think Bob is talking about "How it is on the
> street", while the rest are talking about theoretically correct. =A0Note
> that I personally agree 100% with most of the posters here - my practice
> is that the extent of any agreements that I have is an implicit "SAYC as
> you see it, do your best" - i.e., absolutely nothing explicit. =A0So, I
> can, in all honesty, respond to all queries with "no agreement".
>
> However, Bob's point is that that is not how it is on the street, and if
> you are not strong-willed enough to insist on it, you could easily be
> convinced otherwise.

Maybe my current state of health is affecting my reasoning power, but
this post, as most of Bob's, just makes my head hurt.

"No one is ever wrong" is pure bull****. But I suspect you know
that. :-)