Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Ignorance is bliss and earns a pass

http://leedrurydecesarescasting-roomcouch.blogspot.com/2008/09/comma-correction-followed-by-board.html

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Just One More Sexist Twit":

"Appeal that position to God, the Father, who’s something of a domestic tyrant on his bad days" If you are distinguishing God the Father from God the Son or God the Holy Spirit, "the Father" is restrictive.

Now this shows the erudition of my readers. They know a lot more than I do. My excuse is that I did not recall that God has three personae. I thought of Him as the the one boffo fellow in charge of everything. If I were smart enough to know the nitty gritty of religious doctrine, I would be guilty of a comma error. But since I am shaky on the Yahweh personae, you have to give me a pass on this one. lee

Pass my ass, Vinegartits. If a journalist said that they didn't know the difference between "compliment" and "complement" and that you should pass them, you'd squeal. If board members said that they knew nothing about faulty air conditioners or misappropriated funds, you'd start e-mailing all and sundry with your vitriol.

"I wasn't smart enough to know, so you've got to pass me." Name one occasion when you bought that story during your 28 years of teaching.