Re: Hi Bananafish
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Thu, 24 Dec 1998 09:46:07 +1100
Well, I think it's a shame that you feel you can't learn things. I find
learning kind of like breathing in - if you're near a rose you have to
inhale some fragrance just by the mere virtue of standing next to it. If
you metaphorically hold your breath past every rose, all that's going to
happen is that you'll quickly turn blue. Mike (T.) I would have liked to
discuss things with you. I am always happy to entertain another point of
view. But the trouble a lot of us had was that you didn't seem willing to
do the same for us.
This is going to sound absolutely awful but you know, when you get older
you realise how much of a kid you were when you thought you were an adult.
In fact, I have a feeling this feeling is what *makes* you an adult. I'm
certainly not there yet (:
Anyway Mike - you're here (or rather, still here) for *some* reason
(although, if you profess not to want to learn and not to want to listen to
us I wonder why you bother) - why not just swallow whatever particular
indignant lump is in your throat and just let yourself learn something
here?
> Dear Mike,
> Being a kid who doesn't think like a kid is very difficult. I know. I
> am one. I used to frequently challenge the subscribers to this mailing
> list and regularly revieved rather harsh responses. I eventually gave
> up on trying to learn from other people's ideas about Salinger's
> writings. Learn them yourself. It helps a lot more than to read about
> lessons people learned from Salinger's works.
> Sincerely,
> Mike
Camille
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