> I think we should all confess - which of us ISNT embroiled in an offlist
> "faction" , who amongst us had never had a bitchy word to say about anyone
> else here?
Me
I'm never bitchy. Its just how you all read me. Take my 'pot calling the
kettle beige comment' I am not going to have a bitch about Amaryllis who
assigned my overwhelmingly significant metaphor to the 'picking on
people' bin - and that in doing so, made sure she told me at the same
time, how she deletes such messages that do not have anything to do with
disability research. Did she need to say that?. No. I think she is picking
on me. The pot calling the kettle beige (read black) yet again.
Now if I were a real bitch I would ask this question "if you immediately
delete messages such as mine, then how were you able to sample a
portion of it to refer to in your message to Colin?
I hope most people did realise that my 'pot calling kettle beige' was not a
mere throwaway line but actually DID mean something. I was pointing out
the double standard or irony in the section that I had included for which
the writer has already graciously apologised. I was a little peeved also
because I was aware that 'clumsy and tactless' were characteristics of
Judy's Asperger's which Judy has also since pointed out in her usual
humourous way.
I am not sure what to do about the metaphors Colin. Even when I don't
mean to use them I still sound just as obscure. I guess they are part of
my cultural and linguistic background. They are also part of the post
modern dialogue. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to write
in an inclusive manner? Personally I find language from the various
disciplines involved in disability studies difficult to comprehend. I know a
lot more now than I did before though.
Just one last comment. Don't take my message to Amaryllis seriously. I
actually admire her and her contributions to the list.
Best regards
Laurence Bathurst
School of Occupation and Leisure Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Sydney
P.O. Box 170
Lidcombe NSW 2141
Australia
Phone: (62 1) 9351 9509
Fax: (62 1) 9351 9166
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Please visit the School's interim web site at
http://www.ot.cchs.usyd.edu.au
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