Post Number:#1 
December 16th, 2011, 6:14 pm
I remember once bursting out in laughter while listening to Jean Shepherd. He said, and I paraphrase: "well gang there are two kinds of people, the punctuators and the rest of us." I immediately recognized that I was one of the "rest of us."
School was always this way. Every kid, whether they realized it or not, was a participant within the great struggle between the exponents of style and substance.
The exponents of style are the punctuators. What one says is of lesser importance than how it is written or said. The "rest of us" are concerned with substance and are willing to sacrifice a few commas in its pursuit.
The punctuators believe the "rest of us" are ignorant through their lack of punctuation (of detail) while the "rest of us" believe the punctuators are oblivious of higher meaning through their obsession with style. they don't see the forest for the trees.
In matters of philosophy, I consider myself one of the "rest of us." Do you consider yourself one of the "punctuators" or one of the "rest of us.?"
School was always this way. Every kid, whether they realized it or not, was a participant within the great struggle between the exponents of style and substance.
The exponents of style are the punctuators. What one says is of lesser importance than how it is written or said. The "rest of us" are concerned with substance and are willing to sacrifice a few commas in its pursuit.
The punctuators believe the "rest of us" are ignorant through their lack of punctuation (of detail) while the "rest of us" believe the punctuators are oblivious of higher meaning through their obsession with style. they don't see the forest for the trees.
In matters of philosophy, I consider myself one of the "rest of us." Do you consider yourself one of the "punctuators" or one of the "rest of us.?"
Man would like to be an egoist and cannot. This is the most striking characteristic of his wretchedness and the source of his greatness." Simone Weil....Gravity and Grace
