not a model for usenet discussions

[Zee]

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0406/S00242.htm

This came in under the hubris of some health information.
Thought you might get a chuckle or two. Zee

[William Wagner]

In article <e5f4a9c2.0406161410.5eba9bd7@posting.google.com>,
zwalanga@yahoo.com (Zee) wrote:

> http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0406/S00242.htm
>
> This came in under the hubris of some health information.
> Thought you might get a chuckle or two. Zee

Glanced thru it and I may purchase stock in meds for
headaches.

Bill

--
Garden in Zone 5 S Jersey USA Shade

[Don Kirkman]

It seems to me I heard somewhere that Zee wrote in article
<e5f4a9c2.0406161410.5eba9bd7@posting.google.com>:

>http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0406/S00242.htm

>This came in under the hubris of some health information.
>Thought you might get a chuckle or two. Zee

It looks like a worth-reading transcript of a parliamentary
discussion.

But where is the "exaggerated pride or self-confidence
often resulting in retribution", which is what "hubris"
means? Surely participants in this newsgroup know the
meaning of hubris!
--
Don donkirk@covad.net

[Zee]

Don Kirkman <donkirk@covad.net> wrote in message news:<hio1d0dmfmjbn80gt2i5qv9ig5b2vrfg8g@4ax.com>...
> It seems to me I heard somewhere that Zee wrote in article
> <e5f4a9c2.0406161410.5eba9bd7@posting.google.com>:
>
> >http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0406/S00242.htm
>
> >This came in under the hubris of some health information.
> >Thought you might get a chuckle or two. Zee
>
> It looks like a worth-reading transcript of a
> parliamentary discussion.
>
> But where is the "exaggerated pride or self-confidence
> often resulting in retribution", which is what "hubris"
> means? Surely participants in this newsgroup know the
> meaning of hubris!

This is like my art teacher telling me "but you didn't stay
inside the lines."

Hubris: presumption

The presumption of being something worthwhile like health
information, when it was just usenet--oops--parlimentary,
sparring. Yes. Surely participants in this newsgroup...

Seriously though: did you ever think there was a valid
model for what we do here? And that some of us may have
missed our calling?

Ilk

[Don Kirkman]

It seems to me I heard somewhere that Zee wrote in article
<e5f4a9c2.0406162220.686c7565@posting.google.com>:

>Don Kirkman <donkirk@covad.net> wrote in message
>news:<hio1d0dmfmjbn80gt2i5qv9ig5b2vrfg8g@4ax.com>...
>> It seems to me I heard somewhere that Zee wrote in
>> article
>> <e5f4a9c2.0406161410.5eba9bd7@posting.google.com>:

>> >http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0406/S00242.htm

>> >This came in under the hubris of some health
>> >information. Thought you might get a chuckle or two. Zee

>> It looks like a worth-reading transcript of a
>> parliamentary discussion.

>> But where is the "exaggerated pride or self-confidence
>> often resulting in retribution", which is what "hubris"
>> means? Surely participants in this newsgroup know the
>> meaning of hubris!

>This is like my art teacher telling me "but you didn't stay
>inside the lines."

>Hubris: presumption

Fatal, tragic presumption. The Greeks had the word for it.

>The presumption of being something worthwhile like health
>information, when it was just usenet--oops--parlimentary,
>sparring. Yes. Surely participants in this newsgroup...

>Seriously though: did you ever think there was a valid
>model for what we do here? And that some of us may have
>missed our calling?

Many, apparently.
--
Don donkirk@covad.net