From: Steve Wisdom (swis@mantrade.com)
Date: Sat 27 Dec 2003 - 03:06:09 EST
Message-id: <MJEGJBLNGKKMFMAEBAIDEEIOCBAA.swis@mantrade.com>
"Andrew C. Ward" <acward@uqconnect.net.au> :
>With respect to 'tone' and 'friendliness', perhaps all that
>is meant or needed is that people be polite and respectful.
>I shake my head as often at rude answers
Oh, by gosh, by golly.
I don't think an occasional dose of 'real life', via a jab from the
Professor, will cause any lasting harm to the cosseted & emolumated students
and academics on the List.
On a Wall St trading desk, for example, every day one is kicked in the head
more brutally by clients, superiors, counterparts, the markets & etc, than
ever one would be by the Professor.
Plus, the Professor's jabs are good Schadenfreudic fun for the rest of us. .
Regards,
Steve Wisdom
Westport CT US
ps/ In the interest of full disclosure, I own four of the Professor's books
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