The Big Deal (was Re: No Time to Read)

Subject: The Big Deal (was Re: No Time to Read)
From: "Connie Giordano" <connie -at- therightwordz -dot- com>
To: "Melissa Nelson" <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>, "" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:49:29 -0500

Perhaps because many of us who have subscribed long enough to remember when Tony Markos was pedaling his particular brand of DFD and structured writing koolaid get depressed at the thought of such a person representing our profession? I find his apparent inability to handle cognitive dissonance to be rather pathetic, inasmuch as I think handling world views different from our own is an important skill for any professional communicator to have.

The willingness to cite television news and an unamed public website as sources for such disingenuous behavior speaks volumes though....

Connie P. Giordano
The Right Words
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> -------Original Message-------
> From: Melissa Nelson <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>
> Subject: Re: No Time to Read
> Sent: 13 Aug '07 10:26
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> Why is this all such a big deal? I do not even remember what this thread
> started out as being, but looking at the subject line...it certainly applies
> now. I have no time to read this back and forth.
>
> Happy Monday Everybody :)
>
> Melissa
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> From:  Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> To:  linda_sims -at- vanguard -dot- com, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Subject:  Re: No Time to Read
> Date:  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:23:22 -0700 (PDT)
> >Answers to 3 to 4, I have already clearly stated:  I did not strategize to
> >sockpuppit.  Answer to 1 and 2, yes I have taken an assumed names.  I have
> >seen recommendations to do such on the TV news and on at least one popular
> >web site. (No, I do not remember the wheres and whens.)
> >
> >   Richard Lewis
> >
> >
> >linda_sims -at- vanguard -dot- com wrote:
> >   I was going to leave this alone. Really I was. It profits us not at all
> >to
> >encourage this. However, here I am . . . .
> >
> >Richard, what everyone is trying to get you to provide are yes or no
> >answers to the following questions, none of which can come under the
> >heading of false dichotomy:
> >
> >1. Have you posted to this list using the name Tony Markos?
> >2. Have you posted to this list using the name Anthony Markatos?
> >3. Assuming that the answers to questions 1 and 2 are yes, have you, as
> >Richard Lewis, referred to a forum posting by Tony Markos?
> >4. Assuming that the answer to question 3 is yes, were you trying to imply
> >that the forum article by Tony Markso was written by someone other than
> >yourself?
> >
> >Lin Sims
> >Project VPAS - Technical Writer
> >The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion
> >of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was
> >accessed.
> >
> >Richard Lewis wrote on 08/13/2007 10:06:41 AM:
> >
> > > You tried to bring up the sockpuppit issue again.
> > >
> > > Richard Lewis
> >
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