Anonymous wrote:
I, for one, enjoy JYA postings. It takes some intelligence to twist the tongue in the right way and also to understand the implied.
It also takes some intelligence to write clearly and concisely. "So what?" in either case. If you're PERSONAL preference is intellectual obscurantism, more power to you. But the Cypherpunks list is about getting things done more than it's about cutesy vanity.
It is called "language", and although 200-word pigeon english seems to be the standard these days, it doesnt mean that there are no sentient beings around that do not feel obliged to run the speech center in "lite" mode.
I'm a wordsmith by trade. People pay me to put words in a row. When you can get that sort of real-world praise for your writing, then I might be more inclined to listen to your whining.
You seem to exhibit standard american "culture" conditioning that denigrates everything which is not immediately understandable by complete idiots.
And perhaps you are just projecting. The audience I was talking about is the Cypherpunks list--a long way from "complete idiots." I relish beautiful, expressive language. That's not the same thing as intentionally, self-indulgent, narcissistic obfuscation. You seem to be stuck in some elitist artsy-fartsy mode where the more rococo and Byzantine the language, the more you praise it.
Like genital action, for example. I understand that that is your expertise.
Why thank you! (Just ONE of my areas of expertise, of course.) Now you can go back to playing with yourself, which I understand is YOUR expertise. :-D S a n d y