[lit-ideas] In Paring Thesis
- From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:49:33 -0400
RP: And besides, those child slaves in Bangladesh probably won't live long
> > enough to have children of their own, thus stopping the cascade of
> > violence from generation to generation that's at the heart of all the
> > world's ills. Clever of you to have thought of that.
IA: Robert, I didn't mean to sound so hard on you. I guess I'm so used to
getting jumped on that I got over defensive. I don't retract any of my
prescriptions for improving the human race, just the tone to the limited
extent my comments applied to you. The human race isn't improvable anyway,
so there's no point in getting excited about even trying to improve it.
Once again Irene, without being combative [seriously, I really don't want
to be snarky],
I'd like to point out [he said, as diplomatically as he could summon]
that it'd be a good guess [still hedging and leaving open the opportunity
that our previously esteemed Mr. Paul really IS a monster]
that RP had his tongue in his cheek and eyes rolling when he wrote that
[again, this is conjecture, I was NOT present at the composition of RP's
remark].
I find it highly ironic [in the true sense of the word] that someone [I'm
not casting aspersions on Irene's character playing, if I was doing that, I
would have put "someone" in quotes]
who constantly [this is hyperbole, rarely, but it does happen, I agree with
her reading]
misreads people's "tone" [this is in quotes just to set it apart and to
indicate that what is meant by 'tone' is up for debate, unlike what is
meant by "shitfaced"]
is adamantly [from memory, you DID set it out quite sternly that you
'hated' those things -- unless that was Phil, in which case this WHOLE
second part of the paragraph makes me look like a bit of an ass, but I
could always defend myself by citing your incredibly confusing quoting
habits for the source of my confusion]
averse to emoticons. :-( [that's for Marlena]
I won't even begin to try to understand the preconceived notions that must
be crawling around in your subconscious [see, I DO believe sometimes, you
know when it's appropriate -- that was sarcasm ;-) (not for Marlena)] so
that you read such utter banality onto other people's satirical prose. I
bet you'd be one of those people aghast after a first reading of "a modest
proposal" [ in reality, I'm not a betting man, unless I KNOW I can win, in
all cases, it's foolish gambling].
Mandatory Literature Content: I've read the first 100 pages of Maureen
Dowd's "Are men Necessary" and my opinion of her hasn't changed one iota. I
don't know whether I'll finish it. It's truly a completely inconsequential
book.
even sadder than Phil,
P
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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada
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