sorry - relic from the hand of God

James Wynn · 17 Dec 2002, 16:16 · from urth-v0212.mbox · original

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From: "James Wynn" <crushtv at HotPOP.com>
Subject: RE: (urth) sorry - relic from the hand of God
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:16:06 -0600
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Marc explains:
Sorry my previous message was so infuriating.  There was no interview, there
is nothing to cut and paste.  On the back of the Christmas card that Mr.
Wolfe
sent me, he scrawled a few personal words that answered one of my questions.
Very disturbing words that I feel it would be a betrayal to share with the
online community...so I am going to go back to the books and look for solid
evidence to present and see if I can get someone else to come to the same
conclusion.

Crush weighs in:
Hmmm...so what are you going to do? Go back to the books and make your
argument based on the text - all the while waving what you claim is a secret
communiqu=C3=A9 from Wolfe which we are supposed to credibly accept proves =
your
position (rather McCarthyish)? How is anyone supposed to argue with that?
How can we even know you have interpreted the information accurately?

I'm NOT saying you are lying about your information from Wolfe-I don't
believe you are. But surely you realize your decision to share/not share
this information did not come from your best motives. It certainly wasn't
intended to enlighten anyone on this list.

If you did not feel it was right to pass on the information you should have
kept its existence to yourself. Having done so, you could still ask Mr.
Wolfe for permission to share it, stipulating that you won't do so without
his leave.

<Mr. Ethicist> Crush

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