Bob, Knut WAS worthy of admiration, and I did already explain that for anyone who cared to read it: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FWIW, Sveinsson Knut (aka Canute the Great) was not the delusional crackpot that Monty Python's Flying Circus portrayed in some outro's. From Chamber's Biographical Dictionary: "..... As king of England he brought firm government, justice and security from external threat, and showed reverence and generosity to the church and its native saints. The story of his apparent attempt to turn back the tide has been totally misconstrued in folklore: in fact he was trying to demonstrate to his courtiers that only God could control the tide, not man. ....." >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> William had just expressed to the list that he preferred a former time when list talk was more about "film and photography". That thought invoked in me a vision of a person resisting a change in the balance of photography from film to digital media, and I saw a parallel situation in Knut's gesture. What I didn't write was that I saw William as some kind of deranged medieval geezer. He took that upon himself, and reacted in the most extreme way that was entirely out of proportion with the "offence", whether it was indeed intended (which it wasn't) or accidental (which it was because I had no notion that anybody still embraced the discredited folkloric view of Knut). What William DID'NT do was to either demand an apology for the perceived insult (and he won't get one now if he deseves it or not), or keep his response at the same level of social nicety/hostility as my message that he was addressing. His last comments show that he won't learn, and can't be told, what an appropriate response is.
His comments about the attitude of his ISP to me were just plain false, their email that I forwarded prove that. Regards, Anthony Farr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Anthony, > > I think you're basically an ok guy, but you've irritated a few other's (me > included) before. I'm not sure I'd take kindly to being called "King Knut" > either. This Danish king was certainly no leader to be revered. For me, it's > going to be a long time before a "smiley face" will mitigate an insult from > you. > > Regards, > Bob... > ---------------------------------------------------
