Re: no, but seriously

Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sun, 05 Apr 1998 16:19:58 +1000 

> The original point of this thread was helena defending prescription drugs
when
> Camille made gross generalizations about them 

I wouldn't say I made gross generalizations. As I think you'll see if you
read my post about it (which you probably haven't seeing I only just sent
it), I think Helena (and others) missed my point. I'm not for or against;
the word (derived from personal experience and several thousand dollars of
my family's money wasted on useless therapy) was `sceptical' : no more, no
less.

Scottie and Tim : Just for the record I was interested in your side of the
story. It's so hard to judge what other people are thinking about things
and people on the list - a `gossip/backstabbing network' thankfully being
impossible here. I almost wish I hadn't innocently stumbled into the
argument, because now I feel like the bogeywoman of the list. I'd rather
not waste valuable list space defending myself, and it's a shame that
myself and others have to spend so much time on `If I offended X I am
sorry'  posts. I agree (as someone wrote, I can't remember who) that we
need someone like Scottie on the list to remind us about how delicate and
bruiseable we see our Dr Spock-stained egoes, and that if we all just set
them down for awhile and got on with the business of Salinger discussion,
it might be a lot easier and more productive. I think any argument that
goes on in this list shouldn't be regarded as `personal',  or taken
personally. I enter into arguments to express my view about something and
learn about someone else's view of it - like they say, a good debater can
prepare for both pro and con - and not to purposely go around stomping on
other people's toes.

It's funny how this all links up to those `no reliance on words'
discussions we were having a while back. Because a list discussion like
this is *only* words, and something like this just goes to illustrate how
much can get lost in the `translation' of thought to word to perception. 

Camille 

verona_beach@geocities.com
THE ARTS HOLE
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P.S. :

`All generalisations are dangerous, including this one'
							- Alexander Dumas