I hope you've just gone for a stroll, Geraldine. You started the best
discussion around these parts for quite a while. Thank you!
Mairead
On 8/25/05, Geraldine Monk <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> > I think it's shameful to talk to, or about, Rupert in this way.
>
> Shameful? Was it shameful for Rupert to tell us to 'eat our hearts out'
> because we disagreed with him and the Arts Council? For him to tell us to
> 'Wake up' and stop defending literary standards as if we'd never really
> thought about the issue in any depth? Or was it just shameful for us to
> defend our position?
>
> We were all, I thought, including Rupert, saying what we thought in a
> straight talking and passionate way. Niceties sometimes get left behind in
> passionate disagreements. Rough and tumble arguments get to the
> nitty-gritty. And some good discussion has been on the way. But my style
> and that of others is obviously not acceptable on this list anymore so I for
> one will go quietly.
>
> Hey-ho. I enjoyed the banter and teeth-bearing disagreement whilst it
> lasted.
>
> Ta-taa my sunshines,
>
> G.
>
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