09-25-2016, 08:25 PM
imagtek wrote:
"Did it ever occur to anyone that if TMT has to go elsewhere, the people of Hawaii will be mocked as childish fools all over the world? And the USA will be mocked as weak and incompetent for putting the interests of a roomful of lawyered cranks above the population of a state, and even humanity itself?"
Not a bad point, but you should have stopped there.
"And this is something you expect your kids to take pride in?"
"You expect your kids to look up at the night sky[...]"
"You are not raising your kids in a fantasy time warp alternate history comic book written by your lawyers."
"And you wonder why the young here are so confused and nihilistic?"
Since you didn't say who you were addressing, it comes across as if you're addressing everyone. Also, although I'm sure there are people that fit your description, there's no way it fits everyone. What you posted is quite offensive and doesn't help the case for the TMT or the current observatories.
My suggestion is you don't generalise so much because that way you'll offend everyone, and when the word "you" is used, you make it clear who that person is.
"Did it ever occur to anyone that if TMT has to go elsewhere, the people of Hawaii will be mocked as childish fools all over the world? And the USA will be mocked as weak and incompetent for putting the interests of a roomful of lawyered cranks above the population of a state, and even humanity itself?"
Not a bad point, but you should have stopped there.
"And this is something you expect your kids to take pride in?"
"You expect your kids to look up at the night sky[...]"
"You are not raising your kids in a fantasy time warp alternate history comic book written by your lawyers."
"And you wonder why the young here are so confused and nihilistic?"
Since you didn't say who you were addressing, it comes across as if you're addressing everyone. Also, although I'm sure there are people that fit your description, there's no way it fits everyone. What you posted is quite offensive and doesn't help the case for the TMT or the current observatories.
My suggestion is you don't generalise so much because that way you'll offend everyone, and when the word "you" is used, you make it clear who that person is.