tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 12 15:48:02 1996
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Re[2]: To greet or not to greet? The canonical question
- From: daan van kooten <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re[2]: To greet or not to greet? The canonical question
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 00:45:27 GMT
>Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 11:08:56 -0700
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>Quoting Thomas M. Zeman throughout:
>
>" I disagree completely. CK makes it quite clear that the most
>appropriate way to begin a conversation in tlhIngan Hol is to "simply
>state your business. No more and no less." PK states that
>superfluous chit chat makes the speaker seem duplicitous."
>Alright. Let's assume that a beginning has the TKD. I suspect this is a safe
>assumption. I further suspect that beginners don't start with CK and/or PK to
>draw from.
>
>So, to a beginner armed only with TKD, using nuqneH IS perfectly valid.
>
>" I agree that newbies should not be treated rudely, and I don't think
>they have been,"
>They have. Ask them if they have. I think they'll say yes.
Unfortunately, the
>newbies who perceive themselves to have been flamed will run. We're not
likely
>to get a chance to ask them their opinion or to apologize for our blunt and
>overbearing nature [as Klingons].
>
>Further, while "this is a KLINGON list", we are not Klingons. While "Klingons
>would correct mistakes swiftly, forcefully, and immediately" we are members
of a
>non-profit organization largely dependent on volunteers for its survival.
That
>is the reality.
>
>If we want things done there are two ways they will get done. Recruit from
>amongst the ranks of enthusiastic newbies or do everything ourselves.
Which way
>is more efficient, Klingons?
>
>--Acts of bang. [bangteH]
>
>ghIlab gewmey tIbuSQo'
Qapla'
K'tulu chIjwI'