Very well said.........
I for one never interpreted your posting as a joke but can understand how it
may have been misconstrued as such, and in view of this can only applaud you
for the manner in which you have subsequently explained your original
meaning.
I'm new to this mailing list and have greatly enjoyed and been interested in
the postings from yourself and the other contributors and believe that
Madness can count themselves lucky to have such a great following - which is
not to say they do not deserve it of course!
Cheers Jeff,
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Total Madness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 8:05 PM
Subject: [total-madness] my previous posting re: "Runaway Train"
> Good afternoon/evening,
>
> Sorry if this is slightly off-topic, but it has come
> to my attention that there has been some negative
> reaction to my posting regarding the
> once-rumored-but-not-materialized title for the new
> album, Runaway Train, vis a vis the London train
> accident and I would like to address this.
>
> Some may have considered my posting a joke, which it
> was not, or offensive/insensitive/inappropriate, which
> it may or may not be--that's for the individuals
> and/or co-mods to determine, I suppose.
>
> Just to avoid any such misinterpretation, I
> specifically referred to the accident as "horrible."
> How anyone could then interpret my posting as a joke
> or offensive I don't get. Obviously, that this is a
> gigantic tragedy should go without saying and largely
> has onlist. If I'm not mistaken, only one person
> mentioned something about thinking of the victims.
> I'm not saying there should have been more or less
> reaction, just that the one mention was appropriate, I
> thought. This is a forum for discussing Madness and
> we have discussed Madness during all kinds of
> tragedies, be it school shootings in the U.S., Diana's
> death and countless global military conflicts. No
> doubt we will continue when the monarchy next changes
> hands as well, and there's nothing wrong with that.
>
> It is mathematically unlikely--though not
> impossible--that anyone on this list was directly
> touched by this tragedy, but someone may know someone
> who knows someone and so on, so I apologize to anyone
> touched in this way and offer condolences. I myself 5
> years ago was involved in a fatal train accident
> during an ice storm, so it is not something I take
> lightly. Of course, the music of Madness means very
> little when compared with the lives lost in this train
> wreck. I was merely pointing out that Runaway Train
> would have proven to be an unintentionally unfortunate
> choice for an album title. I'm sure in fact that this
> accident would have necessitated a change of title,
> further delaying its release.
>
> Sorry again for any trouble and/or misunderstandings.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
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