Re: Physics Cultists
- From: "Double-A" <double-a@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 12 Apr 2005 11:00:35 -0700
Tom Potter wrote:
> "Double-A" <double-a@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1113248953.419739.196400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > tdp1001@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > I am posting the information below as
> > > Double-A is unacquainted with English grammar.
> > >
> > > Hopefully this information will help him comprehend posts,
> > > and writing in general, and I also suggest that he
> > > do a Google search on "grammar first third person"
> > > and he should get some hits that will help him.
> > >
> > > But that aside,
> > > I do have "special powers <and> abilities."
> > >
> > > I have the power and ability
> > > to stir the basis emotions of people with Asperger's Syndrome,
> > > and force them to react to my words.
> > >
> > > ===============
> > > First Person, Second, or Third--What's the Difference?
> > >
> > > First person narrative means writing from the "I" point of view.
> > > As in: I walked down the alley, I picked up the phone,
> > > I told Tony that he was going down if he didn't cough up the
money by
> > > Saturday.
> > > I thought about it, then shook my head.
> > > I told myself I didn't care, but I picked up the paper anyway and
> > > glanced
> > > over the business column.
> > >
> > > Third person narrative form is writing from the omniscent point
of
> > > view.
> > > Here, you use the he-she form.
> > > As in: he walked down the alley, she picked up the phone,
> > > and Jason told Tony that he was going down if he didn't cough up
the
> > > money.
> > > Mort thought about it, then shook his head.
> > > And Cleary told himself that he didn't care, but picked up the
paper
> > > anyway.
> > >
> > > Second-person is the least-used form in novels, mainly because it
> > > usually
> > > reads more awkwardly.
> > > Second person is the "you" point of view, the imperative
(command)
> > > form, the
> > > way this web site is written.
> > > For example: "If you're looking for an agent, consider reading
the
> > info
> > > in
> > > the agent's file.
> > > Then check out the agents information and cautions on the
following
> > > sites..."
> > >
> > > ==================
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tom Potter
> > > http://home.earthlink.net/~tdp
> > > http://photos.yahoo.com/tdp1001
> >
> >
> > "Know that I am God" - Tom Potter
> >
> > Sounds like first person to me.
> >
> > Of course you could have used the plural first person, the "royal
we",
> > but that's not required imply godhood.
> >
> > What did it make you feel like when you wrote that?
>
> I felt like I was making a strong case
> for my target audience
> ( Rational, intelligent, moral people.)
> that they should make culture their God,
> rather than Moses' fabricated God,
> that has corrupted three major religions.
Sounds like you are introducing your own fabricated God.
So now you think you're Moses?
> Of course, I didn't expect to communicate
> with people of lower intelligence,
> selfish people, immoral people,
> and people who have been brainwashed to
> believe in the God of Abraham.
Then it sounds as though you were aiming at a very small group.
Do you think our children should now be brainwashed to believe in your
new God of culture?
How is your new God better than the old God?
Does he speak to you in voices, or appear to you in visions?
>
> --
> Tom Potter
> http://home.earthlink.net/~tdp
> http://photos.yahoo.com/tdp1001
Help is available:
http://www.psych.org/
Double-A
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