Re: qui s'excuse

AntiUtopia (AntiUtopia@aol.com)
Mon, 12 Jan 1998 16:43:06 -0500 (EST)

In a message dated 98-01-12 16:30:11 EST, you write:

<< If the ethos of a mailing list places the avoidance of offense 
 	above the wish to divert & engage then I'm obviously in the 
 	wrong place. I wonder would J.D. Salinger - or young master 
 	Caulfield - feel any more at home ?
 
 	Scottie B.
  >>

eh, I don't know about this one.  I've been on the list...eh...a month or two,
have had people peed off at me, have seen people peed off at others, and have
seen people peed off at people getting peed off at them, and your post was
probably the one time I thought someone had good reason to get peed off
(subtle consdescension notwithstanding).

I mean, if you Brits and Scots had half the class or culture of your Irish
neighbors I wouldn't have to explain why this is true :)  Just have you a nice
beer and a nice fat steak smothered in ketchup, and if you still don't
understand go ask an Irishman.  He'll talk slowly and explain things in words
you can understand.  It's ok, we can't all have the class of the Irish,
especially those on that Lesser Island.

:)

To be honest, though, the first time I read your post I didn't think, Boy
someone's gonna get mad about that.  I thought it was "deliberately" tacky,
and spoken with tongue in cheek.  But I do understand someone getting
offended...

Jim