Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 11:45:55 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: The end of a Washington mystery
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 09:12 AM 6/5/2005, dicconf wrote:

>On Sat, 4 Jun 2005, Mike B. wrote:
>
> > At 03:20 PM 6/4/05 -0400, Ted White wrote:
> >> From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
> >>> Wrong on both counts.  Unless you can read minds, don't presume to tell
> >> me what my motives are.
> >>
> >> You live in a world of your own.  From here it looks like a parallel
> >> universe with only a few connections to ours.
> >
> > Which would make your telling me why I'm doing what I'm doing even more
> > arrogant, since you would presumably know nothing of that other universe.
> >
> > Is there some reason you've decided to make this personal?  Did something I
> > say hit too close to home or something?
>
>Asperity is the standard Ted White reaction when an argument gets going.
>I suppose he intends it to scare off those who don't like to make a fuss
>in public.

Asperity is the standard reaction of a lot of us when we get exasperated,
Dick.  Meanwhile, anyone who pays attention to history knows that you and
Ted dislike each other; there's no need to take potshots.

I haven't been following this thread, knowing full well the course that
almost all online political 'discussions' take.  Having checked the last
couple of messages I find that Ted did try to diplomatically sign off on
this one several posts back, without success, before cutting loose.

> > >I'm not going to continue this.  Political discussions generally bore me
> > >and I'm pretty sure this one is boring most WSFAns.
> >
> > Probably.  I'm not finding it that interesting either...though the views of
> > those who were older than I was at the time are good to hear.
> >
> > One other idea that occurred to me . . .

I'm now going to exercise enormous restraint and not respond to that message.

Elspeth