Uh, it would have been possible for you to post under the screen name of Mary Poppins and in your first post say, "Hi, this is Irene, posting under a different screen name because of technical issues". Or maybe that would have been too simple. Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Interpretation and Elision Date: 12/10/05 2:27:46 PM Central Standard Time From: _aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: Phil, I COULD NOT GET ON THE LIST. I COULD NOT GET ON THE LIST. I COULD NOT GET ON THE LIST. Did you get that? I COULD NOT GET ON THE LIST. One more time. I COULD NOT GET ON THE LIST. Got it? I couldn't post under my real name. Are you hearing this? And all is fine with me. I don't know what you mean by not well. > [Original Message] > From: Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 12/10/2005 3:14:55 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Interpretation and Elision > > Mike Geary wrote: > > "Phil resents being tricked by Irene." > > I don't. What I resent is the abuse of the trust we share when we post > under our real names. Posters on this list who, to one degree or > another, hide their identities implicitly acknowledge that they refuse > to fully share in this trust. And as long as this is a minority group, > the practice is tolerable. The list suffers, however, when the trust is > abused. And to the degree that I value the list for all the > contributions of posters, even those who greatly annoy me, I resent the > abuse. > > It seems to me that not all is well with Irene. I wish her the best but > I couldn't trust her to mean what she writes. And that is unfortunate. > > > Sincerely, > > Phil Enns > Toronto, ON > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html