dobro1956 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:52 pm
I posted these as another example of "what could happen" Seems like every time something gets posted, someone jumps in with something negative to say.
I take it I am the "someone"?
As I age I see changes in decorum that would not have occurred back in the day. And a lack of understanding of the English language.
We are all born ignorant. "Ignorant" is not a bad word. Ignorance is not knowing something because one has not been exposed to it. Ignorant is not the same as "stupid".
Stupid is lacking the ability to learn or understand, a basic lack of common sense.
Now let's take the title of this thread, "When a novice drops a washer......." A "novice" is someone who is new to a field or situation. By definition a novice is ignorant of the field or situation. If they were not ignorant of the field or situation they would not be a novice.
When a novice makes a mistake it is understandable, they made the mistake due to ignorance. So there is no insult in saying a novice is ignorant in the field he is a novice in.
Dropping a washer in a transmission and running an engine, Model T or otherwise, shows a great deal of ignorance not only of Model T's, but of anything with moving parts.
But when the OP refers to the washer dropping owner as a novice he is saying the washer dropping owner is ignorant, not only of Model T's but of anything with moving parts.
And when the OP refers to the washer dropping owner as a novice the Op is putting himself in a position of superiority where everyone on the forum can have a good laugh at the novice. And then other posters rush to the OP's defense saying it is a public service to show the problems a washer can cause. The ends justify the means. But there are other means to reach the same end.
The polite thing to do (in my opinion) would be ask the owner if it was OK to post his problems on the a public forum and then go from there with a title like, "Disastrous Results from a washer dropped in a transmission". There is no need to say the owner is a novice.
But, as I said in a previous post, that is just me. I think the OP was rude to post this thread without asking the owner first. No one else on the forum sees it my way. So, yeah, I am that "someone". So Y'all carry on, but you might want to consider how anyone who is a novice that comes to this forum would consider this thread, and that having their T worked on could result in their problems posted without their knowledge in the name of a public service announcement.
Bottom line is the OP has now told the owner of this thread and the owner has no problem with it.
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