Re: Debian: abandon ship?
>>"Ivo" == Ivo Wever <I.J.W.Wever@student.tnw.tudelft.nl> writes:
Ivo> It is an unqualified statement indeed. I'm just exagerating
Ivo> Manojs point and claim I understand it (because calling it
Ivo> 'condescending' supposes that the majority of the society feels
Ivo> that way and I want to make clear that at least one person
Ivo> thinks otherwise).
Are you sure condescending means what you think it means? (Oh,
BTW, that is me being condescending again). Condescending, in
context, implied that I felt superior to the people I was talking
to. There was no suggestion that any one else felt superior right
along side of me.
manoj
Condescend \Con`de*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Condescended};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Condescending}.] [F. condescendre, LL.
condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See {Descend}.]
1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to
waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate
one's self to an inferior. ``Condescend to men of low
estate.'' --Rom. xii. 16.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of
superiority.
condescending \condescending\ adj.
exhibiting an attitude of superiority; patronizing; -- used
of behavior or attitude.
>From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:
condescending
adj : (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who
treat others with condescension [syn: {arch}, {patronizing},
{patronising}]
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Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?
Steven Wright
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E
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