Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V5 #253

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

Okay, let's all compare degrees now and see who has the best, or the 
most expensive, or whatever.  

You guys kindly be polite to Mr. McGoo.  He's entitled to his opinion, 
he's entitled to be on the list, and I'm having a perfectly good 
conversation with him regarding the history of music.  Thank you.

keets
  

>From: "Michael J. Pecoraro" <pecoraro_michael@jpmorgan.com>
>To: TheWho@igtc.com
>Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 16:01:08 -0500
>Subject: Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V5 #253
>
>Mr. McGoo,
>Over the past few weeks you have painstakingly proved that you are a
>pompous, close-minded  moron, who adores Emily Dickinson (she is 
probably
>turning over in her grave).  Your consistent illogic, along with your
>frequent mentioning of your Ph.D. makes one believe that you have yet 
to
>enter the real world (where degrees do not mean squat).  You will get
>yours, however, when you have to get a job, and are forced to realize 
how
>much of a moron you really are.  Your one escape might be to get a job
>teaching at a fourth rate college or high school where you can spend
>endless days spinning your webs of illogic around idiots who might 
possibly
>be less intelligent than you (it is a bit of a stretch).  In either 
case,
>please leave this mailing list.  IT IS A WHO MAILING LIST.
>
>Just about every sentence you write is dead-wrong and can easily be 
proven
>as such.  In the last few days, you have shown your true colors as an
>elitist snob, and again, the source of this lofty opinion of yourself 
seems
>to be this Ph.D.  I have known many Ph.D.s in my academic and 
professional
>career (I have a Ph.D. from MIT), and good portion of them were not 
that
>bright (just persistent - and had a fear of leaving academia).   You,
>however, make them all seem intelligent.  A degree, especially a soft
>degree, does nothing whatsoever towards making a statement about one's
>intellectual capabilities.  Whenever someone debates with me on this, I
>will be sure to bring up your name.
>I apologize to the rest of the list for wasting more time with this 
yo-yo.
>
>
>


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