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[wood jim]

> 
> No, I need not reply.  But, of course, I will ...

Of course. And is there anything less crappy about 
your reply to me or my reply to you than (the
aggression or whatever, that which stinks up the
list)....? 


> 
> On whose behalf do you protest here?  Not your own,
> I'm assuming, not for any reason I can discern, at
> any
> rate.  No problem there, as I was of course myself
> speaking out against the abuse regularly heaped on
> Doug here, and often--typically--with seemingly no
> immediate provocation ...

But the jury, with more experience in court than
either the judge or the advocates, can't help but
consider the fact that Doug is your only client. 


I too think it a sin and a shame to kill a
Mockingbird. 
However,  it's not a Mockingbird apeing a screaming  
blue-jay in the junk yard that you defend. No one has
let the dogs out, but blue jays can't expect to keep
all their feathers if they keep screaming the names of
the cats everytime the dogs bark. 




> 
> More than anything, it's the gang mentality that
> often
> seems to ensue that bothers me.  Once one person has
> knocked another to the ground, everybody rushes up
> to
> get their boot in.  Or is it worse to stand back and
> take a sadistically voyeuristic pleasure in letting
> others do the dirty work?  But perhaps you're not
> protesting on David's behalf, either.  Let me know
> ...

I doubt that the jury will like this argument. It may
in fact hurt your case. Doug is no Fina. If he gets
banged he doesn't get to spit and teach Benny a god
damned thing. 


>  
> > You needn't reply. That is, if you would rather
> not
> > deal with your aggression here.
> 
> Violence begets violence?  

Yes. And maybe that's one reason Flaherty would prefer
to keep his name out of this. OK? 

But what's the point in
> claiming to be burying the hatchet when you're
> burying
> it between someone's shoulder blades?  

Burying the hatchet between someone's shoulder blades.





Again, this
> is
> why I've spoken up at this point.  At least let's
> let
> the list settle down for a while, at least once in a
> while ...  
> 
> Certainly easier to go about posting on the subject
> at
> hand (say, any given text by one Thomas R. Pynchon,
> Jr.) with a clear conscience that way.  Don't like
> that desire to ignore certain posts, posters.  That
> Samaritan impulse of mine.  Anyway, a kinder,
> gentler
> list would not go unappreciated here.  Perhaps even
> not by yourself?  Again, let me know ... 

Right, but you will not convince this wise old  jury
that your client is an virgin  mockingbird. Perhaps a
plea bargaign?  can you convince your client to stay
out of the cathouse? While no one wants to clip J.
Livingston Seagull's wings, we all know the song, if
that mockingbird don't sing, but this jury can't be
bought.  



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