People, there is such a thing as backchannel. Much easier to get over hurt
feelings or loss of face in private, much easier to admit one's own
mistakes or ill-humor.
At 05:21 PM 7/14/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>"The post from
>R Lumsden which I'd initially overlooked was,
>actually, a prime example of that; if someone talked
>to me in that tone face to face I'd be tempted to
>smack them in the mouth. Anyway this is my last till
>God knows when, cos I'm clearing up work to go on holiday."
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>Go back and look at your own tone, Sheenagh - you appear on the list, call
>us all desperate for friends, describe it as a hermetic environment, call us
>a clique and expect to be spoken back to politely? You add in a personal
>jibe against me which 99% of members will have missed - if you have a
>problem with me or my comments on poetry, out with it, otherwise I can only
>mistake it for sour grapes or envy. I make a point of always replying to
>people who are rude to me with more rudeness. Thanks too for your passing
>threat of violence. I'll be taking it up with John Kinsella when he comes
>back on line. It's exactly the sort of nonsense which this list could do
>without.
>
>Roddy
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