----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 5:10 PM Subject: Re: Any females here?
>> P.S. I am actually curious about where you got the idea that >> I was rude to Irfan Sheikh. Could you please quote something >> I wrote to him that you consider impolite. I suspect you are confusing >> what I said elsewhere with what I said to Irfan. >> Have I been less polite to Irfan than I was to my Scientologist >> interlocutor? >> > You have been asked, usually politely, to stop cross-posting here by at > least 6 people now. Do you intend to comply or not? > > John G. is right, you are making this forum toxic with this stuff (and > please skip the faux naif act about "this stuff"). > > JM John, Please be serious. I have asked repeatedly what, specifically, the objection is, and the objectors remain silent. In your case, please quote the words you say I should not have written, and please tell me in what way they are objectionable. Pardon me for getting a little angry, but it is not as if I waylaid some unsuspecting Muslim on the street and asked him questions he was not prepared for. I accepted a publicly advertised invitation to learn more about Islam, and I jumped at the opportunity. Irfan Sheikh, I had every reason to believe, is knowledgeable about Islam and is ready for all inquirers. He has disappointed me in this respect, but maybe he is learning more about Islam because of my questions. I will give him about a month, and then resume the discussion, if he is willing. I have a proposal for the benefit of the ummah, and I would like his opinion on it. Your write, "You have been asked, usually politely, to stop cross-posting here by at least 6 people now. Do you intend to comply or not?" None of these six people have explained what they mean by "cross-posting", or why they don't like it. I have explained my understanding of "posting" and "cross-posting", and asked for clarification, to be met with silence. Similarly, I wonder what of my "private" messages got to this public forum, but no one has quoted a passage from them that I can verify was not intended to appear here. You continue to hide behind terms like "this stuff" that you refuse to detail. For the third time, I ask you to quote my words to Irfan that you find improper, and why you find them so. I hope this third prod will be the charm. -- Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
