The Politics Of Gene Wolfe

Son of Witz · 18 Mar 2009, 13:57 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:57:50 -0700
Subject: (urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe
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On Mar 18, 2009, at 1:14 AM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:

>>
>> Apparently this is an emotional subject for you. So, snark on then.
>
> I am unaware of having made any particular display of emotion: in  
> fact, I
> have been quite calm and dispassionate all evening.
>
> I have found that when someone, out of the blue, starts talking  
> about the
> person they are talking to's emotional state, it is not that person's
> emotional state that they are actually talking about.
>
> Fortunately, you are not my only interlocutor, and any points I have
> wanted to make with you have been made.
>
> I do wish you a calm rest of the evening, and on into tomorrow.


You have been calm.
it's your short quips that seem snarky.  when you back them up with  
elaboration they're not so snarky.
just saying, one whippersnapper to another.
~witz

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