Foreword "Orwellian, Dude!"

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Sun Apr 27 17:02:17 CDT 2003


Neither "loaded" nor was I referring to you in any way, shape or form. And I
never said I wanted "nothing": a couple of others said they stopped reading
your excerpts. Your accusations are baseless.

I agree with davemarc. A group discussion of the Foreword in 2-3 weeks when
everyone has had a chance to access the full text is a good suggestion.

best 

on 28/4/03 7:41 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:

> Still a loaded word choice.  Implausible deniability.
> And all I did was put everything someone seemed to be
> looking for all in one place.  A freindly request.
> Happy to do so.  Your distinction is being the only
> one to complain about wanting all or nothing.  All at
> once.  Doublethink.  Doubleplusungood ...
> 
> --- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
>> on 28/4/03 6:06 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:
>> 
>> Again, not meant as a "prejudiced" term, and not
>> intended to cause any offence to you. And it's not
>> as if I'm the only person who has asked for
>> clarification, verification, or an intact copy of
>> the text. You yourself have just requoted an excerpt
>> and filled in the bits which you originally
>> elided from it to make a point in the discussion.




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