From: Mxsmanic on 30 Jul 2006 18:37 Padraig Breathnach writes: > What is the basis of this claim? The fact that only a minority of those who pass through academic institutions ever do any valuable work therein. > Authority is not derived from law. It is in some cases, especially when it involves credentials. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Padraig Breathnach on 30 Jul 2006 19:15 Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Padraig Breathnach writes: > >> What is the basis of this claim? > >The fact that only a minority of those who pass through academic >institutions ever do any valuable work therein. > In other words, you assert something but have no supporting evidence. >> Authority is not derived from law. > >It is in some cases, especially when it involves credentials. > That's feeble, and the connection is particularly weak. If you wish to argue with me, you need to improve your skills in argumentation. -- PB The return address has been MUNGED My travel writing: http://www.iol.ie/~draoi/
From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on 31 Jul 2006 04:00 Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Padraig Breathnach writes: > > > What is the basis of this claim? > > The fact that only a minority of those who pass through academic > institutions ever do any valuable work therein. What valuable work do you do? -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on 31 Jul 2006 04:17 Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:00:55 +0100, > this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of > the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote: > > >Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Padraig Breathnach writes: > >> > >> > What is the basis of this claim? > >> > >> The fact that only a minority of those who pass through academic > >> institutions ever do any valuable work therein. > > > >What valuable work do you do? > > He brings enlightenment and amusement to the bored? I think you might have that the wrong way around! -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on 31 Jul 2006 04:33
Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:17:44 +0100, > this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of > the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote: > > >Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:00:55 +0100, > >> this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of > >> the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote: > >> > >> >Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Padraig Breathnach writes: > >> >> > >> >> > What is the basis of this claim? > >> >> > >> >> The fact that only a minority of those who pass through academic > >> >> institutions ever do any valuable work therein. > >> > > >> >What valuable work do you do? > >> > >> He brings enlightenment and amusement to the bored? > > > >I think you might have that the wrong way around! > > I may have omitted an emoticon too. That's OK because Mixi doesn't understand them. -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org |