Helena & some links for MalignD
Terrance
lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Thu Nov 1 08:26:50 CST 2001
MalignD at aol.com wrote:
>
> Not entirely unreasonable advice but, from you? You're an unlikely scold.
I am and unlikely scold, as all of of soon become who stick around, but
it's reasonable advice, isn't it? It's very reasonable advice. Who
cares where is comes from.
>
> You've been as much in the middle of the rancor of late as I have. And
> you've written, in sheer word count, ten times as much as I have.
You're curt. So what? It's not a virtue.
>
> Why do I respond? In this case (and typically) because I'm among those
> addressed; and because (when I respond) I find what is said inaccurate,
> false, distorting.
>
> I also wouldn't describe my previous few posts as "attacks."
Fair enough.
>
> And I have no off-list correspondence with Millison and no intenion of
> starting one.
>
A reasonable practice.
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