Edward Dolan wrote:
> "Larry Varney" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
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>>Edward Dolan wrote:
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>>>I don't believe Mr. Varney and I will ever connect on any issue in this
>>>lifetime. He is a literalist. I do not get hung up on any particular
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> words
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>>>or even particular statements. I go for the overall sense of what is
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> being
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>>>said and I infer intention. I can do this because I read like a general
>>>reader and not like some kind of confounded specialist who looks at
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> every
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>>>word or statement separately. But Mr. Varney could be a more careful
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> writer.
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>>>He is always saying conflicting things and not making it clear exactly
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> where
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>>>he stands. Thus, the misunderstandings are all over the place. What he
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> needs
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>>>to do is focus sharper on exactly what he is saying and not ramble so
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> much.
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>>>He also needs to make it clear what his intentions are. Intentions are
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> at
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>>>the core of what most writing is about after all.
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>> Nonsense. Do not blame the writer for the inabilities of the reader.
>>You claim that you read for "intention", and yet you admit that you do
>>not "look at every word or statement separately". How do you read,
>>Dolan, without looking at each "word or statement separately"? And how
>>do you find I am "always saying conflicting things", if you don't read
>>the words or statements separately?
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> As stated above, I read for the overall sense of what is being said. You
> should try it sometime yourself. As far as I am concerned, you leave way too
> many statements just hanging unconnected to anything. So I have to make the
> connections for you. And you never come to a conclusion about anything.
> Consequently, many of your posts strike me as being pointless. But I am very
> good at completing other's thoughts and coming to conclusions. It is what I
> do best in life. If you do not want others doing it for you, then do it
> yourself.
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> Is Bigha good value or isn't it? That is the question that Lorenzo and I
> would like you to answer.
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ROTFL! You may "read for the overall sense", and yet you come to
completely incorrect conclusions. You claim I am saying something that
is not to be found, not in the slightest, in anything I've written. You
connect what I have written with things that are only in your mind, and
then blame ME for the result. My points are always clear, and I state
them, over and over again, in the hopes that perhaps someday someone can
help you understand.
You do not need to complete my thoughts on this issue, Dolan, nor do
you need to come to any other conclusions than this: there are many
criteria involved in buying things, including bikes. Some criteria are
weighted more, some less, depending solely on the individual. Do you
understand, Dolan? Do I need to use different words? Perhaps put it all
in some sort of outline?
Maybe if you thought about what I've said, and tried to see if you
agreed with me or not, that might help. So let's hear it: do you agree,
or disagree, that there are many criteria involved in buying things, and
that different people weigh those criteria differently? Yes or no,
Dolan. Or do you need me to make it even simpler?
As for what you and Love want - which, apparently, is for me to
decide for you the value of the BiGHA bike - why ask me? Am I the sole
arbiter of worth? Do you trust, or need, me to decide whether or not a
particular bike is a good value? If I say yes, will you go out and buy
one? If I say no, will you not buy one?
You and Love should be able to figure it all by now, Dolan. It's not
a difficult conclusion to come to. But, just in case you really do need
for me to tell you what to think and what to conclude, here it is:
The value of anything, including the BiGHA, is determined by each
individual. Each individual should be able to come to a decision as to
whether or not it's worth the asking price. This goes for bikes, trikes,
horses, cars, hamburgers, you name it.
Now, if you truly do need me or anyone else to tell you which is a
good value in any or all of these items, then you really do have my pity.
--
Larry Varney
Cold Spring, KY
http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney
