OT: A political/personal review (was - RE: Two for the road, Report from Clerk & Nonstandard Subtotals)

[R. Murphey]

Jean-Pierre A. Radley wrote:
> Lerebours, Jose propounded (on Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 07:54:56AM -0600):
> | 
> | John post was offensive to me as a reader let alone to Brian.  I
> | think it was insulting and as usual, questioned a member's skills
> | and intelligence.  Why should John denounce Brian skills as lower
> | than Howie?  I have seen some of Howie's post to this list and they
> | leave much to question coming from Howie - They are proof that
> | even Howie does NOT know it all (John is on that plato on his own).
> 
> Plato? What does Plato have to do with any of this?  Or Socrates or
> Aristophanes or Homer or any other of those ancient Greeks?
> 

Inasmuch as one of Plato's main teaching devices was the Socratic 
dialog, it is apparent that Jose believes the questioning of someone's 
skills in an argumentative debate is very Plato-like. Hence, "John is on 
that 'plato' on his own", i.e. he is the only one questioning...

Jose's choice of words makes perfect sense...