Sandy Sandfort sandfort at mindspring.com
Thu Jun 7 14:31:23 PDT 2001


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


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