Well, you boys are having a day at my expense aren't you. I am not sure why anyone expects me to read what gruff writes and give a personal opinion. I was asked and I declined. How is that saccharine? When asked why, my reply is that I cannot give a personal opinion because gruff has asked me to do for him what I do professionally for my clients - i.e., I read manuscripts with the eye of and editor, so my opinion would be professional. If this offends anyone, so be it. I do believe it to be my choice. I think gruff attacked me for declining as a way to continue his argument about morals. I have no intention of arguing further as I have stated my position. Did you fine that saccharine? If you did or did not, it matters not. You are entitled to your opinions and I mine. But you are not entitled to attack me. So stop it and grow up for Christ sake. Do you think that saying I remind you about bla bla bla masks your attack? It doesn't. Get over it.
On May 11, 12:46 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Archytas has commented many times on the suffocation of civility, the > falseness of platitudes. I think he appreciates a good row for the same > reason he offers so many of his personal deconstructions of our sacred cows. > I have a healthy cynicism towards many things, and appreciate the wisdom his > years offer. I feel much the same towards your offerings. > > It's an easy reaction to lash out against sacharine responses which seek to > placate but fail to engage, especially when one has lived what Tom Robbins > might describe as an Outlaw life. I appreciate that perspective more than > you might expect. "Gruff-ness" would be the expectation in response to > something that strikes you as patently false lip service. > > As a follow up question though, from someone who has often been too quick to > use acerbidity to melt through anything that struck me as potentially > bullshit (for which I'm pretty sure Ornamental STILL thinks of me as a world > class jackass): Would you feel the same if you knew Molly absolutely and > sincerely believed 100% every word she said? > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 4:05 PM, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I don't think my response was unnecessarily harsh given the > > excessively gratuitous condescending attitude shown in her response. > > I'm tired of her pollyannish platitudes which lack any real substance. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
