Re: various commentary from the cheap seats...

EEver73319@aol.com
Tue, 03 Feb 1998 00:51:16 -0500 (EST)

<<I'm surprised at how often people self-consciously apologize for their
comments at the end of their messages.>>  

I only did so because my post didn't have anything directly to do with
Salanger or his fiction.  True, there shouldn't be strict rules governing what
we talk about on this list, but the subscribers of this list shouldn't have to
wade through tons of garbage posts having nothing to do with our subject.  I'm
not saying we do have to wade through garbage, as I'm very content with
content (are they spelled differently?  :)) of this list.  I'm only saying
that whenever I post anything not directly related to Salanger, I feel that
maybe I'm pulling us in the wrong direction.  There have been numerous posts
that have suggested keeping more to the subject.  Saying that, I continue
posting whatever I want, so it obviously doesn't bother me too much.  The
apology was for anyone that read my entire post and thought to themselves,
"well that post was a waste of my time."  I'm sure there's at least ONE person
whom got that impression, so thats for them and ho hum life goes on.  Yes I
guess I am fairly self concious about my postings.  Its all Scottie's fault!
Just kidding.  I'm sorry if my apology irritated anyone on this list...<wink> 

Eric