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RE: Lucky guitar find in junk shop
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BarkellWH
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 RE: Lucky guitar find in junk shop (in reply to Ruphus)
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Rampart,
But I have a comment on you.
How did I find out that you are a conservative?
Your suggestion that Rampart is a conservative by indicating that you think he possesses a lower intelligence is getting just a little too cute for your own good. In my opinion, personal attacks on someone's integrity, intelligence, or political leanings have no place in this forum. In fact, I consider myself a conservative (not a right-winger, but a conservative). You have not only insulted Ramparts (whose political leanings you have no knowledge of whatsoever, and neither do I), but you have insulted me and anyone else who might consider himself a conservative as well. I suggest you tone it down and stick to something you know about, like flamenco.
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
--Rudyard Kipling
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Date Jan. 24 2011 15:07:31
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Ruphus
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Joined: Nov. 18 2010
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RE: Lucky guitar find in junk shop (in reply to BarkellWH)
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ORIGINAL: BarkellWH
Your suggestion that Rampart is a conservative by indicating that you think he possesses a lower intelligence is getting just a little too cute for your own good. In my opinion, personal attacks on someone's integrity, intelligence, or political leanings have no place in this forum. In fact, I consider myself a conservative (not a right-winger, but a conservative). You have not only insulted Ramparts (whose political leanings you have no knowledge of whatsoever, and neither do I), but you have insulted me and anyone else who might consider himself a conservative as well. I suggest you tone it down and stick to something you know about, like flamenco.
Bill
Rampart, who now claims that I was "denying that there's a problem" and that "those errors are pointing out" ( which I suppose, meant as errors pointed out to me ) and that I was "trying to be poetic" none of which being true, actually with his ways of taking and stating does indicate to in fact be following bias.
He and others do insinuate that I was writing with aims in appearance, using complicated / extraordinary words on purpose etc., which they might be surprised to note that in fact some people actually use in accordance to their thoughts and vocabularly in mind.
Even when I look up idioms in a dictionary, of the given synomymous I certainly do not chose what I think to be sounding most sophisticated, but the one of which I think to be most fitting or common. ( Obviously at times erring at that.)
Yet, I am making much less use of a dictionary than what you guys imply above.
As I said before, if you guys being more partial with assuming wannabe intentions on my language than actually noticing the contents that I am trying to convey, maybe you got something to work on as well.
What you think that I was busy with, is so little matter of concern to me that I wouldn´t even know how to make that clear.
Very likely you will figure that out over time ( if willing to ). At least I don´t know of a person who after being familiar with me and my world view would had ever been of the opinion that I was intending to pretend in a way, or being in need of doing so.
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What conservative being is concerned, I probaly hit correctly with Ramparts attitude, which could be meaning a bit of substance with the conncetion made.
It is no random claim that conservative-being means lack of causal, coherent and deconstructive thinking. Its inherent nature only reflecting correspondingly with findings of intelligence.
Disliking the mentioning of such circumstance, you might rethink background and actual aims of that political fraction, which should introduce more change than requests to refraining from scientifical surveys quote.
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You are invited to pointing out language mistakes to me, whenever you care to.
Ruphus
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Date Jan. 24 2011 18:28:46
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Ruphus
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Joined: Nov. 18 2010
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RE: Lucky guitar find in junk shop (in reply to Escribano)
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Why?
The discussion that came up through some member´s annoyance about my writing appears like an interesting exchange of view to me. Nothing pesky.
In our harmony-seeking societies people fear dispute as deemed threat to common ground; unaware of that it is in fact being culture of dispute that provides mutuality.
A culture, much too rudimentary contemporarily though.
Me at least found it interesting to read the critical gatherings.
And I have sent the sentence above to nativer speakers, asking whether it ought to be incomprehensive.
A dispute like this only shows how very different association and perception of fellow men can be.
This is not the first time. Actually, quite the same thing at first happened when I joined other music-related boards ( after unpopular hintsights).
A look into my personal messages revealed that most of the private feedback of that time which people sent to encourage me has gone lost, with only a few that have remained.
With your permission and maybe no accusation of me intending show off or pretention, here is how native speakers can view contributions like with my Pidgin scribble:
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You are amazing! I truly wish I could write as well as you, had the ability to convey a thought in such a manner as you, I commend you. It is a rare ability to first have the thoughts, and then the abilty to write them down with such clarity.
Of course you realize that whatever you say will be slandered by the majority that it intends to enlighten. That is the "curse" of those who discuss freely with regard to the truth. Especially in our "modern" world with its religious polarity readily apparent. I do hope you will be encouraged to continue to write, because I feel you have a great talent that needs expression. As you mention, we should be more tolerant of those who we disagree with because, oftentimes it is just a different experience expressing itself in a way which we don't understand. And especially if it somehow threatens us with change.
Anyhow, I am always intellectually stimulated by your thoughts.
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As always, I find your messages and posts on the forum most interesting. Usually I just stay on the sidelines, listening and watching, especially as my viewpoint seems often enough to be in the minority. Still it is enjoyable and fun to share something with others on occasion. Now if they would just listen!
And one considering this very thread from last night:
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I admire those who post in a language not their own.
Personally I appreciate your vocabulary and creative way with words. I enjoy the odd mistake that can give rise to original turns of phrase.
I guess the problem is that there are also members reading the posts for whom English is not their first language. I speak English so it's easy for me, words aren't 'complicated' or 'sophisticated' if you know what they mean.
Please keep posting!
At times incredible that everyone sees the same planet, innit. 
Ruphus
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Date Jan. 25 2011 12:54:12
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Ruphus
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Joined: Nov. 18 2010
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RE: Lucky guitar find in junk shop (in reply to Adam)
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ORIGINAL: ramparts
A lot of people think Ruphus is difficult to understand, and Ruphus disagrees.
That doesn´t do it justice.
I am aware of that much of my writing isn´t exactly easily digestible, specially when there adds bad grammar to it.
However, I am adressing to people for whom contents are relevant in the first place. Secondly, as I just felt again yesterday while reading of a work on linguistics, I appreciate semantically demanding writings.
I even enjoy when a passage makes me halt and repeat, and I love books and articles which I essentially read three or four times while going through.
And as one tends to basically convey the way things take shape in his head, that is how I did even before there was too much notion of other people´s works; with some teachers trying to split my essays into nice little boulevard units, until they couldn´t justify splitting anymore for integral stylistic reasons.
Sure, would I prefer to write English post in perfect grammar, but the times after my business English degree and five months in the US, with me reading the Financial Times and New Yorkers after a while unwilling to believe that I was from abroad, are clearly being over long since.
My motivation with posting here is the exchange of thoughts and info with fellow guitar enthusiasts.
Who wants to take of the contents shall be my guest, who won´t shall put me on his ignore list.
And who thinks to have valuable hints on typical language mistakes made by me mustn´t hesitate, whereas who might actually be feeling aggravated by contents in the first place should maybe profess accordingly.
Ruphus
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Date Jan. 25 2011 15:29:32
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