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From: Jeff R. on 15 Apr 2010 19:03 "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:8g5fs5dabrlfdn9uvp0tvak608nnga6j5u(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:04:52 +0100, Chris H <chris(a)phaedsys.org> > wrote: > >>.... I note you say pedophilia or hemophilia. It's >>child abuse but you are trying to sub divide to make the peadophilia >>number lesser. > > Well, no. I consider pedophilia and hemophilia by priests to be > equally reprehensible, so including both categories increases the > total percentage and makes the case look worse for the church. Well... If there ever was a post which demonstrated why we need the gentle ministrations of grammar/spelling "Nazis", this would be it. Either that, or it seems that suffering from a genetic blood disease is a reprehensible act. (ISTR that "fear of vegetable soup" has already been addressed...) -- Jeff R.
From: Peter on 17 Apr 2010 16:48
"tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:p8h7s51ln3tptfncda0u25toq1qgf17esk(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:17:10 -0500, Allen <allent(a)austin.rr.com> > wrote: > >>> I read Chris's posts carefully and respond carefully. Chris now >>> implies that he is dyslexic. To the best of my knowledge, dyslexia >>> does not prevent someone from understanding the meaning of words. >>> >>> When Chris repeatedly uses "equivocate" incorrectly, I can't see how >>> that can be excused by claiming to be dyslexic. >>> >>> >>My grandson, who has a huge vocabulary, is dyslexic; that vocabulary >>extends back to his two-year-old days. When he showed difficulties in >>reading (just a few days after his seventh birthday) his parents had him >>tested. The oral portion of the test concluded with this question: "What >>are the negative connotations of rapid technological advancement?" He >>gave some logical examples and the tester said he was the only >>seven-year-old who even tried to answer it. Incidentally, his parents >>found a good therapist and by the time he was in the sixth grade he was >>reading at 12th grade level. His case certainly indicates the truth of >>your statement, Tony. > > My father may have been dyslexic. He was never tested or diagnosed > because it wasn't done in his day. He was a very slow reader and had > to read the same material over and over to grasp it. Anything he > heard, though, he was able to easily absorb. Sometimes he'd ask my > mother or me to read an complex article to him because he could grasp > material he heard so much easier than material he read. > > When he came up to word he didn't recognize when reading, or needed to > check the definition or spelling of a word he wanted to use in his > writing, he'd have me look it up in the dictionary because he was > uncomfortable using one. That started when I was in grade school and > was one of the contributing factors to my interest in English usage. > > His vocabulary was extensive, and he would never use a word that he > didn't understand the meaning of. However, his spelling and math was > atrocious. I inherited his math skills. You just reminded me of the dyslexic agnostic with insomnia. He stayed up all night pondering if there really was a dog. -- Peter |