The State of VLVL2 (WAS Re: VLVL2 Fascism)
Terrance
lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Fri Apr 9 16:37:06 CDT 2004
Notice that I used the pronoun "WE" because "WE" is used by the speaker
or writer to indicate the speaker or writer along with another or others
as the subject: We never gave the novel a chance. I never pointed
fingers. I complained because we failed. Not you. Not Dave. Not me. We.
We failed. I asked the List if I could change the schedule and host the
end of the novel this week (Spring Break). You indicated that you would
prefer it if WE backed up and addressed some of the chapters and issues
we neglected. Dave Monroe said he would host his section this week. We
failed because we didn't do anything constructive at all. No one is to
blame, Tim. We all recognize that life is far more important than
cyber-life and that the majority here have very full calendars. That
being the case, we have to accept failure from time to time. I won't
have a chance to host again. Too bad. I did a lot of work for nothing.
So it goes.
T
Tim Strzechowski wrote:
>
> >
> > I've not pointed any fingers.
>
> Oh. Sorry. I guess when you said the following, it wasn't pointing fingers:
>
> Dave said he was going to do
> > > his thing. Nothing got done. We are having another
> > > wasted discussion of
> > > fascism. How many times can we beat this horse? We
> > > never gave the novel
> > > a chance. Too bad.
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