Enzian
Mark David Tristan Brenchley
mdtb at st-andrews.ac.uk
Wed Mar 21 10:41:11 CST 2001
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Terrance wrote:
>
>
> jbor wrote:
> >
> > (PS I had thought for a long time that you were one of Terrance's silly
> > personas. Making up identities and posting from hoax email addresses is one
> > of his, and another lister's, annoying habits around here. It's pretty
> > transparent who they are when they do it, but ... Sincere apologies if you
> > are indeed a real person.)
> >
>
> What's interesting is that you agree with and applaud the
> posts of a few of my silly personas and badmouth others.
> This, despite the fact that the all the argument, comments,
> posts, under various personas are exactly the same.
> Perhaps, soon, I will bring them all on stage so that you
> may applaud, toss rotten fruit, rattle your jewelry, and
> laugh as you discover just how silly I really am. Another
> interesting thing about this silliness is your attempts to
> frame some of these personas, deciding that some are
> racists, some are homophobes, some lack critical
> discernment, others are liberal, insightful, perspicuous. Of
> course you can attribute these inconsistencies to their
> creator, but how then would you account for the twins and
> doubles, the posts re-posted under different silly personas
> that you have agreed with and disagreed with, complimented
> and cursed for soliloquies silly that may be silly but are
> surely identical?
>
> Sincere apologies I'm sure,
>
> Adhominem Rex
>
you read too much Jonson.
Mark
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