Losing My Rag

[John Bailey]

Me, I enjoy these infrequent flare-ups on the P-list. Nobody's really
reacting to anybody else, just to a bunch of words that have made
their way through the ether and into a consciousness perhaps
dimensionally-removed from their origin. I suppose I don't mind said
wordsticuffs for that same reason, since I don't know who the Sam Hill
any of you are, and tend to treat the internet as a mass of
half-truths and veiled identities anyway. You go, grid.

I don't think a fight here has ever resulted in physical injury,
permanent emotional scarring or the keying of anyone's car, at least.

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Carvill John<johncarvill at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Yesterday, I had a number of unrelated annoyances come down upon my (relatively) innocent head. This did not put me in a particularly sweet or mellow mood.
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> Generally, I admire people - on this list, other forums, and in wider life - who can hold their tempers, bite their tongues, and not resort to vitriol, spleen, etc.
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> However, this is not my nature. Further, although I admire the ability of others who can keep cool, but care, I'm not necessarily saying I aspire to that condition myself. Frankly, I'm in two minds about that.
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> Where I come from, we don't piss about when someone has a go at us. We react. Frankly, I'm in two minds about that as well. It's certainly a characteristic of my countrymen that has got us into trouble in the past.
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> I digress.
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> What I do really regret, though, is coming back onto this list (after yet another argument-inspired hiatus) and straight away getting into an unedifying dispute. That my disputee is someone who, well, less said the better.... what I mean is that I disappoint *myself* when I let someone like that, or a matter so trivial, set me off.
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> So, without wishing to give the false impression that I seek to withdraw anything I've said *to* that certain person, I do say this: apologies to all onlookers for having publicly lost my rag, again. I can't help it sometimes, but I will keep trying.
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> Anybody want to discuss Thomas Pynchon? I hear he has a new book due out any time now.....
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