Re: Resignation
On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 05:12:43AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > Well, anyway, just about any action would have been more useful than
> > quitting the whole goddamn project.
>
> Useful to whom?
Is that a rhetorical question?
> > > > I would have understood it as (i). Instead, quitting altogether certainly
> > > > looks more like (ii) or worse, and I find such an act worthy of derision.
> > Umm, where have I stated that I know his state of mind?
>
> Working out whether it was an instance of "(i)" or "(ii)" is a question
> of state of mind. Saying it "looks more like" one or the other is a
> statement of knowledge about his state of mind.
No, it was merely an assessment of mine.
> > I don't really care for what Herbert Xu's state of mind is, I judge him
> > by his actions, and he sure acted rather prominently in this event.
>
> So, your complaint is that he acted prominently?
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You seem to be rather interested in these little word games, but I'm afraid
I've got less pointless things to do than to continue answering them.
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