# Apology for inadvertent pomposity *The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 24 May 1998* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### adam louis stephanides *24 May 1998, 14:55* > I wrote: > I wasn't worried about being misquoted. What did concern me slightly was > the possibility that my conclusions might be given without the reasoning > behind them, making them appear more speculative than they are.. Several hours after posting this, I realized it made me sound as if I thought that anyone seeing my reasoning would be convinced by it, which wasn't what I had meant at all. What I had really been afraid of was that my ideas would come off as being wild speculations with no basis in the text; but I hadn't wanted to suggest that Mr. Broderick would treat me in such a way. I really should learn to wait before posting. --Adam ---