For the record, no, I didn't find it to be a saccharine response. I was
specifically addressing Gruff's reasoning for replying in such a Gruff manner.
And Molly, your reply did not make the crossover between professional and
personal editing clear, which did leave a question in my mind as well what you
meant by it. Communication is a tricky thing sometimes.
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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.
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