1984 Foreword: Ingratitude

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Lest you forget, Rob, here's what you said: "Any plans to put up an unbowdlerised version of the foreword? Or is someone able to scan it and forward it on? With the currency exchange rate and shipping costs I'm disinclined to fork out $100-00 to amazon.com for a novel I already have and a fifteen page (?) introduction which is no doubt going to surface on the web soon enough. It'd be nice to read it intact." Backpedal all you want to, pal, the fact is you can't admit that your comment and "request" comes across as rude and ungrateful toward someone who is going out of his way to type something up for discussion. Substitute any of the "1984" particulars with mention of some gift you received for Christmas, and the giver will think you're kind of an asshole for acting that way.   And sorry, but what you say below is just a sorry-ass attempt to save face.  Ingrate. best



jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> snivelled:
Scanning it would take about ten minutes. No offence to you was intended, and my requests weren't directed to you at all. It's just that I'd prefer to read the Foreword in full, as written, and not as mediated by a third party.

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