B, I think you need to chill out a bit. Roger _was_ rude, quite crass
actually, but I doubt you're made of glass. don't take personally what
some exasperated guy says on some mailing list; & ignoring everything
said guy says is a bad move. suppose he apologises? (not likely)

I think the reason Roger is responding with such wry hostility is that
the manner you've used to discuss, or assert, your views on literary
theory is rather too high-flung; 'bookish' (just on the off chance you
don't know) means 'tiresomely academic, technical or theoretical'.
that's my definition anyway. I should know, I was taught all through
my education to be bookish; I've only started to grow out of it in
recent years. making sweeping generalisations & condemnations about
art/artists/'readers'/&c. isn't really productive of discussion. all
I've done, in the reply I've just sent you, is bring to light my
disagreement with some of these sweeping generalisations. maybe that
_is_ discussion.. but I have to admit it's a bit dry. :) interesting!
but dry. I mean, I enjoy it quite frankly, most of the way.

don't take this stuff personally, or too seriously. we're just
talking! this is just blather. if we learn from one another, so much
the better; but don't make an innocent little mailing list (which I've
found rather too bookish more than once) a crusade for Truth, or
something. :)

KS

On 14/10/06, biloxi andersen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 10/14/06, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > On 10/13/06, biloxi andersen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > On 10/13/06, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > unless you come over all schoolish again.
> > > >
> >
> > Like the lady said, stop teaching your grandmother to suck eggs
> >
> > Roger
> >
>
> That is patronising and rude.
>
> I replied to a question that Kasper asked me and then he reasked when
> my first reply first didn't quite answer it enough so I replied in
> more detail. His question was about how I do stuff. You didn't ask me,
> I didn't reply to you, you were under no obligation to read what I
> wrote. My personal preference is to just read others and only reply
> when addressed or when I have something that must be said. I have
> generally abided by this except when I was pressured to "contribute".
>
> I do not think I acted "schoolish", I disagree with this and this is
> contradicted by the list archive; here's the fact of the matter; I
> have been polite and considerate but some, including you in this
> isntance, act worse children who have no concept of manners yet.
>
> I would leave this list if I didn't already come across at least 3
> people whom I'd describe as gems. Please do not read a thing I write
> again. I surely won't read yours; I doubt that someone who'd make a
> remark like yours would have anything to "teach" me or would be worth
> my a minute of my time.
>
> None of your mail will be read. Please don't expect a reply from me to
> anything you say. You started this with an uninvited rudeness. I
> didn't. And I have been polite to you even in this email.
>
>
>
>
>
> > --
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> > http://www.cb1poetry.org.uk/
> > Suspicion breeds confidence
> >
>
>
> --
> Her Lust is Wiser is a book of verse by Biloxi Andersen and Ziad
> Noureddine. It is part of ongoing diaries.
> http://inkatthedevil.blogspot.com/
>