Wind god

Lee Berman · 07 Nov 2010, 12:00 · from 2010-November.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 07:00:57 -0500
Subject: (urth) Wind god
Message-ID: <SNT123-W8CBA2EB8838D78539FE27CF4E0 at phx.gbl>

>Ant?nio Pedro Marques wrote:
> Given that Lee customarily says something to the effect of 'sorry if I'm
> unintentionally doing that (bending/falsifying the evidence)' and then does
> it again at the next opportunity

>Jeff Wilson: If that is the case, I regret doing so and would apologize except that 
>threatens to initiate an infinite loop of renewing the forgotten offense 
>in the act of apologizing to the truly forgetful person.

What I said was: 

>if I've pissed you off, I apologize, though I'm not sure why what I wrote upsets 
>you. Or did you mean you were pissed off at Andrew, whose idea I was going along with?

My apology was for causing emotional distress, not for "bending/falsifying the evidence"

I think I provide exact quotes from the text to support my ideas at as often as most others. 
If somebody thinks I need more textual support for one of my ideas I think the polite method 
would be to request it. I would be happy to oblige on this. To be attacked for for an adjunct
reply to what are actually Andrew's ideas demonstrates the underlying purpose which seems to 
be personal not scholarly.

I can undersand why those whom I've caused emotional distress be inclined to be
impolite and prefer to make general personal attacks as a means of expressing that distress.
But again, I am making a sincere attempt here to improve my understanding of Gene WOlfe's
work. I appreciate both positive and negative feedback on my ideas. I prefer a spirit of
pleasantness and cooperation but if some feel the need to express negative feedback in a
combative, insulting manner I understand and accept this also.

I apologize if "poo" is an offensive term for impolite attacks, due to its fecal reference. 
Among our primate relatives, throwing it is a common method of showing contempt. Perhaps we 
can call it an acronym for P(ersonalattacks) O(n) O(nesself)?

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