Elizabeth said,
>You know that a post here is a complex event, and no simple
>formulae of what's 'acceptable' are realistic; nor are they really
>necessary, if everyone's basically willing to play the same game.
Elizabeth, I believe you are fair, as you say, in your intentions. But maybe
this is the problem, that there is, precisely, a kind of game that goes on
here, and it's rigged.
I posted, I guess, ten posts in 24 hours. I hadn't posted for a while. I
posted the writing of someone else, someone whom I feel deserves attention--
POEMS, in keeping with the most recent drift of the List. Can you see why
your traffic whistle would seem to me a bit, well, the result of a kind of
"profiling"?
kent
>From: Elizabeth James <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Elizabeth James <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: excerpt from Vickery interview [2]
>Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 19:56:47 -0000
>
> >No problem, Elizabeth. I hadn't posted in a while, and I suppose I got
> >carried away in my desire to share the amazing Vickery's work. But
>could I
> >ask: would you also write a request like this to, say, Peter Riley or
> >Lawrence Upton or Alison or Candice or cris or david bricumshaw, say,
>if
> >they had been like prolific in an equal space of time? The truth is,
>some of
> >them have, and more. And I doubt that they've received such a tsk tsk
>from
> >you? But I could be wrong.
>
>
>Kent -- I'd aspire to be fair; that is part of the general ethic I
>believe in; and I also believe in trying to respond honestly to what's
>actually in front of me and not let myself be influenced by
>preconceptions based on past events or other people's opinions. Of
>course, I'm as fallible as the next person on that score; and a recent
>history accumulates that must contribute to the *effect of what is said
>& done; etc. You know that a post here is a complex event, and no simple
>formulae of what's 'acceptable' are realistic; nor are they really
>necessary, if everyone's basically willing to play the same game. I
>don't really believe you *do want to play the games this place is held
>open for, on past evidence. But I still hope we can share some kind of
>middle ground here.
>elizabeth
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