From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Wed Oct 09 2002 - 15:50:26 MDT
> If it were to insure Brian only, then might I suggest
> doing so off-list? If, as I assume you mean, it was
> meant to warn others as well, then your choice of
> phrasing was really poor. I believe the quote started
> as "Nobody mistakes Olga for being interested in
> rational discussion...". Perhaps something more like
> "It has been my experience that Olga does not partake
> in rational debate..." (this is not an expression of
> views but an attempt to reword) would display the same
> sentiment but not sound so spiteful.
Points well taken. Diplomacy is not my strong suit,
as many here already know. I personally find such
strained, evasive, dancing-around-the-issue talk to
be /more/ offensive than simple direct statements of
opinion, even harsh ones, but I suppose that's just me.
> Again, I thought nothing less of libertarians from
> her post.
Nor did I; many LP members are indeed kooks, and the
party organization is corrupt. I make no attempt to
dodge those issues, and they are important ones. My
only objection was that this had nothing whatsoever to
do with the post to which it was offered as a reply.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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