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Alan S

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:12:32 -0600, Alan
wrote:

>On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:09:42 -0500, Ma¢k
> wrote:
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>>if you don't like it, don't ask the original poster/s to dumb down
>>their posts. just skip over it or ask for clarification on the points
>>you do not understand.
>>
>>raise the bar, don't lower it. the last time we lowered the bar bush
>>stayed in office.
>
>
>And I didn't vote for him either time!!
>
>My only problem is this: If a person takes the time to
>learn about a specific sub-set of diabetes, and posts it in
>language that is virtually not comprehensible to most of the
>posters in the group, there is a big opportunity being
>missed.
>
Not at all - because among the readers will be a few who
have the ability to understand it and who may (or may not)
then dumb it down to my comprehension level.

>If I understood the information the OP researched, and felt
>it was worth posting, I would try to make it comprehensible
>to most of the general readers of the group -- just because
>they all might learn more from that.
>
There are several conversations occurring on the three ngs
this is posted on. At various times several of those are way
over my head. However, eventually the discussion often leads
to pearls for people like me. That's why I happily skim
through posts by Frank, Quentin, Gys and others - even the
small bits I do understand have sometimes led to significant
improvements in my own management of my diabetes.

And, oddly, I seem to understand a hell of a lot more these
days than I used to - partly because I struggled through
lots of those posts a while back, skipping back and forwards
from other sites that clarified them, such as medical
dictionaries.

>Posting in obtuse, scientific language just doesn't help
>people.
>
>Not gonna change my mind about that!
>
No need to. Keep doing what you're doing, and we'll keep
doing what we're doing. Somehow, among all that, a lot of
good info gets passed on to those who want it.
Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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