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<blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 2133713" data-attributes="member: 30001"><p>I intended my &quot;condescending hostility&quot; to be only in proportion to the &quot;condescending hostility&quot; that I think most persons bring to any discussion about the value of oral traditions of knowledge.&nbsp; I figured that calling someone &quot;modern&quot; would be an insult that would be pretty easy to shake off (laugh at).&nbsp; I think the fact that the WLD and the condescending attitude of it's first 20 pages had a negative influence on how I chose to frame my thesis (and I agree with whoever alluded to his).&nbsp; I NEVER intended to cast aspersions on any individual's knowledge of important subjects (if there are any), and I assumed that my blanket statement to &quot;read the Iliad&quot; would be shrugged off by a community containing a great proportion of persons who have.&nbsp; To those of you that have volunteered specific facts, I respect your knowledge on the subject, and I intended to only ask (demand? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) that you reconsider the interpretation of your specific facts in a different light.&nbsp; But my fanatacisms and theater were never intended to be threatening or counter productive - I assumed that the safety of the computer screen and the fact that I were advocating for *bards* of all classes would keep you all safe.&nbsp; I guess a wise bard would probably tell me something about &quot;catching more flies with honey&quot;.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="gizmo33, post: 2133713, member: 30001"] I intended my "condescending hostility" to be only in proportion to the "condescending hostility" that I think most persons bring to any discussion about the value of oral traditions of knowledge. I figured that calling someone "modern" would be an insult that would be pretty easy to shake off (laugh at). I think the fact that the WLD and the condescending attitude of it's first 20 pages had a negative influence on how I chose to frame my thesis (and I agree with whoever alluded to his). I NEVER intended to cast aspersions on any individual's knowledge of important subjects (if there are any), and I assumed that my blanket statement to "read the Iliad" would be shrugged off by a community containing a great proportion of persons who have. To those of you that have volunteered specific facts, I respect your knowledge on the subject, and I intended to only ask (demand? ;) ) that you reconsider the interpretation of your specific facts in a different light. But my fanatacisms and theater were never intended to be threatening or counter productive - I assumed that the safety of the computer screen and the fact that I were advocating for *bards* of all classes would keep you all safe. I guess a wise bard would probably tell me something about "catching more flies with honey". [/QUOTE]

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