Marcus
certainly that hadn't occurred to me... I find it surprising, but ok
I don't know Alison that well, but I don't think she does allies, not in that way anyway
it's a pity any of us have to think in terms of allies
I'm not up to disputation
I'm going back into the teapot, there's still some warmth in that bag
L
-----Original Message-----
From: Marcus Bales <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: Money and poetry
Marcus Bales wrote:
> It wasn't an assumption, it was a metaphor. Everyone else, even
> Alison Croggon, seems to have gotten it. Let me quote what I
> actually said:
On 11 Jan 2006 at 15:42, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> ... You seem to have decided to imply, for the hell of it, that Alison is
> slow on the uptake, much as if I - or anyone - were to write a
> gratuitous aside of "even someone as curmudgeonly as Marcus" whilst
> making another point entirely.<
I'm terribly sorry if that was the inference you made. I did not mean to
suggest that Alison Croggon is slow on the uptake, but rather that she is
Rebecca Seiferle's ally on this, and most, issues. I was saying "Even
your close ally got it", not "Even a slow person got it." I regret any other
interpretation.
> I am afraid that this remark of yours is no more than a symptom of
> your disagreeable pomposity. I can see no reason for your antipathy
> and think you should apologise to Alison.
I have no particular antipathy to either Croggon or Seiferle. I'm sorry if
anyone takes my occasional disagreements with one or two of their
positions or utterances that way. I'm also sorry if Alison Croggon took
my comment as you took it; I certainly didn't mean it that way.
Marcus
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