humor and opinion

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 
>From: P3D  Dr. George A. Themelis postulates:
>..................... First, I do not believe that I
>am opinionated... I have preferences and I state them with enthusiasm
>and I am being called opinionated because of this.  

******  I find this statement humorous! I think that could be a classic
example of what an opinion really is! Of course you are opinionated. You
have them and you speak them (you even admit it!). Those who have them but
don't speak them, don't get the priveledge of being called opinionated.

...........
>The second problem that I have is this reference to "steadfast" way
>that I do things .....................

******  Whether or not you agree with that description, it is pretty apt,
even though the same could be said for many others. You simply speak up more
than most others.

>..............  It is unfortunate that a harmless 
>sentence was promoted to ....................

****** There was no single sentence that got things rolling. P3D is full of
opinions and it is frequent that many of them get stated as if they were
facts. I too am guilty of this. When someone takes the effort to comment
about it, perhaps it's a signal that all of us who are voicing opinions
should take a second look at the language we use and be less rigid in print,
without giving up any of our opinions or enthusiasm either.

The process of viewing 3D images is a process of assimilating more than one
viewpoint. As was pointed out recently holograms have virtually an infinite
number of pairs. By extension, it could be argued that the most realistic 3D
is available with the most number of multiple viewpoints. I'm glad of the
many varieties of viewpoints on P3D, even when they sound critical. Even the
best of us can improve on how we communicate, kind of like figuring out how
to get the slides aligned and mounted so they look their best.

If that was Tom's first post, give him a break! It's easy to get carried
away with a perception and a reaction to what one is reading. It's useful
for all of us to learn with email to take a step back before posting that
reaction because often it's stronger than intended. I appreciate the message
Tom had and would hope that he can be less personally critical and more 3D
opinionated in future. 

But if you differ in opinion with Dr. T, be ready to enthusiastically
support your point... ;-)

Larry Berlin

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