03-19-2019, 07:28 AM
RWR,
Apologies if you took my neo-utopian comment to refer to yourself - was referencing many other posts and posters here, not you.
And completely agree with your comment about smart kids and technology careers - and certainly wouldn't equate non-technical careers with lack of intelligence. One of the smartest guys I have ever known worked in the drilling industry and had only a high school diploma; and I've known a few extraordinarily talented artists whose day-job was fabrication. The same can be said for the opposite - I've run into more than a few PhDs who, I suspect, were challenged tying their shoes in the morning.
My intended point, though, was that when someone's career choices, and livelihoods, are seriously threatened by the loonie-fringe, then I am willing to cut them some slack if they come across as less than charitable and understanding - or to be properly PC: "inclusive"...
Apologies if you took my neo-utopian comment to refer to yourself - was referencing many other posts and posters here, not you.
And completely agree with your comment about smart kids and technology careers - and certainly wouldn't equate non-technical careers with lack of intelligence. One of the smartest guys I have ever known worked in the drilling industry and had only a high school diploma; and I've known a few extraordinarily talented artists whose day-job was fabrication. The same can be said for the opposite - I've run into more than a few PhDs who, I suspect, were challenged tying their shoes in the morning.
My intended point, though, was that when someone's career choices, and livelihoods, are seriously threatened by the loonie-fringe, then I am willing to cut them some slack if they come across as less than charitable and understanding - or to be properly PC: "inclusive"...