re: Sneak Preview:APOLOGY
null (null@example.com)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:44:06 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Mattis Fishman wrote:
> Null (and all),
>
> Please allow me to apologize, though I am sure it will be insufficient,
> for sending my email to you, Null, to the entire list, which it
> appears I have done.
>
> After typing this first sentence, I rechecked my archive and it
> appears that I indeed did not criticize you in public after all.
>
> My disappointment at having my private email to you published
> for ridicule in public, pales at my relief at not having done
> anything quite so distasteful to you, sort of like the kidnap victim
> coming to depend upon his captors, in a way.
>
> Perhaps you should think twice before posting private correspondence.
>
> Thank you,
> Mattis
>
Once again, this is a compositionally strange message--revise!
Look, Mattis, you're doing to me what you're angry for my doing "to" you.
If this concerns the list and you want to be the one to unofficially
represent it, I want us all on the same page.
It looks as if we are, and your point about the attachments is well taken,
given Tim O'Connor's diplomatic response. I will not attach anything
else, you all have my word.
This page has been edited at the request of the author, to remove
his name, address, and web site. [Tim O'Connor]