Date:         Sun, 28 Mar 2004 21:10:12 -0600
Reply-To:     scot@POBOXES.COM
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From:         Brian Long <scot@POBOXES.COM>
Subject:      Re: FS 86 camper $1000 in cleveland,
              oh?  Beat him up for being a poor speller?
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For those who may have gotten caught up in this thread, he no doubt meant "write up"  as in a complete written evaluation.  The other listmember was obviously making a disparaging remark about his spelling. ( He can't spell.  Therefore his  can't use proper English.  Therefore he is stupid.  So, anything he has to say is stupid and invalid.)  This is a logical fallacy known as a Strawman.  It is used to discredit people we don't agree with.  I suggest that if you disagree with someone, you do so by disproving what they say with sound evidence, rather than to character assasination based on their typographical errors or spelling errors.

Thanks,
Brian Long
Linguist and VW fanatic



Date:    Sun, 28 Mar 2004 13:39:26 -0600
From:    Larry Alofs <lalofs@RCN.COM>
Subject: Re: [vanagon] FS 86 camper $1000 in cleveland, oh?

Maybe it's an eastern expression.  Never heard it around Michigan or
Chicago and I've been around the car business for 50 years.

Larry A.


Eric Zeno wrote:

>You if have no idea what a "right up" is on a vehicle, you have know
>busness commenting about it. Go find a less inteligent list to bother.
>
>            Eric                   86-VW4x4
>            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
>            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
>                                   92-Jetta GWC
>            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm
>
>