Ellipsis and the Practice of Selective Reading

[jbor]

Sorry, Derek, it was an attempt at humour, possibly ill-advised. I realise
that you are one of the few here who still has time for millison, but your
over-reaction to it doesn't really serve much purpose either.

And I must say I don't recall hearing this sort of complaint from you when
the torrents of abuse and slander were spewing forth from millison --
towards matt weiner, malignD, the great quail, paul mackin, david morris,
kai, myself, and *many* others, *constantly* over the past several years.

But I guess a good vent never really hurt anyone. I'm sure you are feeling
all the better for it.

What I would be interested in hearing from you -- and davemarc, too, btw --
coming to know what little about you both that I do by virtue of this
virtual community in which we participate, are your opinions on the issue of
the representation of the Holocaust in *GR*. I'm serious and not in the
least being snide. I believe I respect both yours and davemarc's obvious
expertise in and sensitivity to this topic greatly.

best

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>From: "Derek C. Maus" <dmaus at email.unc.edu>
>

> This is going to stop at some point, right?
>
> I mean, we're taking ad hominem to a whole new fucking collective level
> here, people. I simply don't care which of you is right or wrong any more,
> I just wish you'd all quit sending out denunciations of people you will
> most likely never meet in your entire lives. Doesn't the shooting of an
> English professor in his own fucking office make you (anyone, this is
> *not* directed at rj alone) wonder about the possible negative results of
> turning an academic discussion into an angry venting session?
>
> Jesus H. Christ...IT'S A GODDAMN BOOK! Read it any fucking way you like
> and tell me all about it. Just please quit acting like the pumping of your
> blood relies on getting the upper hand in the "discussion".