Rereading, I guess I had more than my usual grammar errors. That's what you get when you don't get to proof read even once.
--- In [email protected], "seventhray1" <steve.sundur@...> wrote: > > > Really, thanks Judy for holding me accountble to what I write. Let me > respond as I go through. > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" jstein@ wrote: > > And third, Robin "subtly deceived" the entire forum, not > > just Curtis personally. But Curtis attacked him for having > > done so on a personal basis, in return for what Curtis > > considers personal slights to himself by Robin. > > > > So the equivalence Curtis tries to draw just doesn't hold > > up when it's examined, as far as I'm concerned. > > > > > It's similiar to the Ravi situation. I worst Ravi ever got > > > with me was to call me a "pea brained heartland retard". It > > > didn't much bother me, but I did lose any affection I had for > > > the guy. But over all, I felt that an appropiate sanction > > > for him would be for a time out. > > > > > > But if I had been in, say, Curtis' position, where I was > > > subject to vicious personal attacks, where my reputation and > > > career were at stake, then I likely would have felt > > > differently. > > > > Sure. And this relates to the Robin situation how? I'm not > > seeing the connection. The point I was making was each of us has different baggage when we engage with one another. > > Again, my beef with you is that when some issue comes up > > between other people, you tend to take whichever side has > > been most recently expressed without ever really examining > > the merits of the case that has been made for it. You said > > in your defense that you don't have the time to go into > > things that deeply, which is perfectly understandable. But > > if it were me, I'd refrain from taking a side at all if I > > hadn't been able to look at it in depth. I may change my mind more than once depending on the point of view expressed. But I reserve this right, just as it is your right to point out what you feel is a flip flop or a unthought out conclusion on my part. It would appear that you have more stringent standards as it pertains to dialogue here. I think that is obvious. But I think we will just have to accomodate what we feel are the deficiencies in each other. > > It's not the worst flaw in the world by any means. Pretty > > small potatoes, in fact, especially in comparison to your > > many positive traits. Your switch on the Robin issue was > > just an especially clear case of this tendency, and it was > > particularly annoying to me because it seemed to be such a > > blase approach to what was a very sensitive, painful issue. > > That's why I spoke up. Well thank you for that. You are a true friend to Robin. And yes, I thought he really exposed himself, so to speak. But I have also observed you sort of stick it someone to whom you are not so favorable disposed under those same circumstances. But thank you for the feedback. It is appreciated.
