Agreed, agreed, agreed, and agreed.
Judy
---- Joseph Duemer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Kasper, I thought you were an old man! I just read through the thread in
> question & thought it typical of the sort of misunderstandings that can
> emerge very easily in email discussions. In general, bitchy bantering
> doesn't work very well, or is easily misunderstood in this medium. That
> said, it's worth the occasional blow-up, I think, to have honest
> discussions. We don't want to sink into sterility & senescence, after all.
> I've said it before & I'll say it again, though: if one posts creative work
> here the response can run the gamut from silence to strong criticism. As
> long as criticism is focused on the work it falls within our very broad
> guidelines.
>
> Posting this, by the way, standing half-way between my role as list member &
> list manager.
>
> jd
>
> On 4/26/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > I apologise for my harshness & juvenile snappishness towards Andrew,
> > MJ & the list itself. I suppose this kind of impatience & flammability
> > is the reason my youth has gotten pointed out, & will probably
> > continue to be by senior, more level-headed members of this list -- a
> > medium that I do cherish & am thankful for, no matter what I spew to
> > the contrary. one is allowed to be disinterested in offered things,
> > but not to make it something to rage about.
> >
> > all that said, I'll continue to be annoyed if I see staleness,
> > timidness or arrogance perpetrated by members of this list. and seeing
> > as I only have anything worthwhile to contribute to about 13% of the
> > threads on Poetryetc, I'd appreciate it if I wasn't undermined for
> > being inexperienced or ignorant. I try never to 'go on' about subjects
> > any further than relevance & importance dictate, & I can't say I can
> > remember having ever caught myself rambling here. but that could be a
> > very common sort of blindness.
> >
> > apologies again
> >
> > KS
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Joseph Duemer
> Professor of Humanities
> Clarkson University
> [sharpsand.net]
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