On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Ritu Ko wrote:
> Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I'm probably going to regret saying this...but I've considered leaving the
> >list more than once because of you Jeroen. I haven't done it, but I've
> >come close. Do you want to guess why? I didn't because you have the
> >right to say whatever you want on this list - even when I consider some of
> >those things to be vile - and it's not worth leaving a fascinating
> >intellectual community because of that. Were I to leave, I hope that
> >people on this list would not send nasty messages to you blaming you for
> >my departure - particularly if I didn't even have the courage to explain
> >my reasons for doing so.
>
> I am wondering if you are regretting writing this. I certainly wish I had
> never opened this mail. Jeroen wrote something you didn't agree with, you
> respond with the implication that Charlie lacks courage. And that too when
> you know that he would NOT be getting this mail and thus would not be able
> to respond.
> Strange!
> Petty, definitely petty!
>
> Ritu
Actually, that wasn't intended as a slap at Charlie at all - my apologies
for phrasing it so poorly that it appeared that way.
Gautam
