David Rose Positively Judging 'Being Wrong'

David Rose wrote to sysfling on 31 March 2015 at 23:04:

There’s nothing wrong with being wrong. 

for the students 

David

Appraised	Appraisal
	Polarity	Attitude
being wrong	positive	judgement: propriety

Blogger Comment:

[1] Some might say this summarises Rose's attitude to theory.  Evidence here.

Philosopher José Ortega y Gasset wrote in his 1930 book The Revolt of the Masses:

The Fascist and Syndicalist species were characterised by the first appearance of a type of man who "did not care to give reasons or even to be right", but who was simply resolved to impose his opinions. That was the novelty: the right not to be right, not to be reasonable: "the reason of unreason."

[2] As the character Les says in Rob Brydon & Julia Davis's Human Remains episode More Than Happy:

'You can only fail.'

David Rose Positively Judging Himself And Negatively Judging His Interlocutors

David Rose wrote to sysfling on 31 March 2015 at 23:04:

As far as I can read, the only attitudes I have expressed throughout this discussion are praise, mild humour and self-depreciation [sic]. Strong views have been expressed, but not by me.

Appraised	Appraisal
	Polarity	Attitude
David Rose	positive	judgement: propriety
others	negative	judgement: propriety

Read to learn of some of the attitudes that Rose has actually expressed throughout the discussion here:

David Rose Quoting Positive Appraisals Of Himself

David Rose Positively Judging Himself

David Rose Negatively Judging Halliday And Matthiessen

Robin Fawcett Positively Judging Himself

Robin Fawcett wrote to sysfling on 31 March 2015 at 09:12:

Finally, writing now as the organizer of the first 'Systemic Worksop' (back in 1974!) and in due (as we began to need a more formal structure) the first Chair of the International Systemic Functional Linguistics Association, I welcome the newly born Systemic Functional Linguistics Association of Tunisia, into the ever-growing family of SFL associations - at national, regional and international level.  

Appraised	Appraisal
	Polarity	Attitude
Robin Fawcett	positive	judgement: normality (esteem)
Robin Fawcett	positive	judgement: normality (esteem)

David Rose Positively Judging Michael Halliday

David Rose wrote on sys-func and sysfling on 26 March 2015 at 22:17:

Such a kind man

How lucky we have been

Appraised	Appraisal
	Polarity	Attitude
Michael Halliday	positive	judgement: propriety (sanction)
“us”	positive	judgement: normality (esteem)