From: mark@unicorn.com
Date: Wed Aug 12 1998 - 05:49:41 MDT
I have to say that your writing style is incredibly hard to read; it seems
to be designed to hide meaning behind voluminous use of long words.
Sarah Marr [skm4@dial.pipex.com] wrote:
>Irony, as a method of addressing issues and consciousness-raising, seems to
>be more predominant in the UK than in the US, and given the demographics of
>this list's members, my choice of sarcasm as a communicative style may have
>been misplaced.
Actually I'd say that making a joke to avoid dealing with an issue -- as
you seemed to be doing -- is a very typical American response; as though
if you can laugh at it, it's not real.
This issue is real, and I don't see what your comment was supposed to add
to the discussion. I would hope that most of us here are smart enough to
realise that few generalisations are ever accurate but are often used as
a short-hand for real truths.
Mark
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