Dear David,
Get over it. You need to dial back the defensive tone of your
rhetoric and find something new to discuss.
Thanks for the mention.
Cordially,
Paula
On Oct 16, 2005, at 7:36 AM, David Quarter wrote:
> I must be surrounded by clones. Cue the PC outrage.
>
> Hey John, how about *first* reading the entire exchange (i.e.,
> from the very
> beginning!) before saying anything.
>
> While doing that, ask yourself the following:
>
> 1) who wanted the debate more - me or Michael?
> 2) who reluctantly engaged the other - me or Michael?
> 3) who in general kept to the issue; conversely, who turned this
> into a personal
> matter - me or Michael?
>
> And if after doing this you still feel the need to lecture me about
> "sensibility or
> sensitivity", by all means be a flaming hypocrite.
>
> Otherwise, just follow the lead of Paula by comforting your sulky
> friend, Michael
>
> DOQ
>
>
> On 15 Oct 2005 at 15:15, John Homan wrote:
>
>
>> Michael,
>>
>> you left the list with regret and with dignity. David on the other
>> hand does
>> not understand when enough is enough, which does not say much for his
>> sensibility or sensitivity.
>>
>> John
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Quarter" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 12:54 AM
>> Subject: Re: Withdrawing from Debate
>>
>>
>> Michael,
>>
>> I hope you're not this dismissive, patronizing of your
>> colleagues, students
>> (? if
>> you're a teacher)? In fact, if your feelings were this hurt by this
>> exchange, you need
>> to grow some skin. I suspect however that you're storming off b/c
>> you were
>> unable
>> to defend your position and this is your way of saving face.
>> Needless to say, I never attacked you personally. I attacked your
>> argument
>> after
>> your attacking my taking issue with your posting a "useful" link on
>> disability politics
>> that ironically wasn't accessible to the public.
>>
>> Personally, you are behaving like a child and you should
>>
>> grow up [!],
>>
>> DOQ
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14 Oct 2005 at 11:40, Michael Peckitt wrote:
>>
>>
>>> To all,
>>>
>>> I joined this message list in 1998, hoping to enjoy a good
>>> exchange of
>>>
>> ideas
>>
>>> and debate. Over the last seven years all too often all I
>>> received were
>>> personal attacks on and off list. Maybe they were made all in
>>> the name of
>>> 'the personal is political', a slogan which all too often is
>>> invoked on
>>>
>> this
>>
>>> list and in other places to justify personal attacks. I do not
>>> know, but
>>>
>> am
>>
>>> too tired now to find out.
>>>
>>> A few people have engaged with reasoned arguments from time to
>>> time, but
>>> such occasions are all too rare. To those people, however I
>>> extend my
>>> thanks, as I will now leave this message list.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yours, as always
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
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