Posted by Mary_Bowers on October 21, 2004, at 0:41:44
In reply to Re: Accountability » Mary_Bowers, posted by Toph on October 20, 2004, at 23:48:36
> Most edifying, Mary, but I'm afraid that you missed coral's point, much as your idle threats
missed the mark.I wonder if you could comment on how the statement "your idle threats" differs from other statements that are deemed to possibly make others feel to accused or put down.
>>I think Coral was using fire as a metaphor referring to my post intitled "Suicide warning" which was also intended to be a metaphor (though admittedly a lame one).
Perhaps, but I have no basis to conclude you know anything more about what Coral meant than I do. Since her post was vague, even to her own recognition, I suffer no embarassment for offering an edifying summary of related concepts. I am more interested to know your interpretation of what you wrote.
>>it was probably insensitive of me to use that title here, so I apologized.
That is interesting. I can't seem to locate that apology.
Nonetheless, I wonder if you would like to explain whose behavior you were referring to when you wrote "obnoxious behavior intended to goad others into frustration." ( http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20041012/msgs/404336.html )You mentioned me by name in the same paragraph, which seemed to classify my effort to be supportive and educational as "Mary's kamikazee assault."
I also wonder if you care to explain your manner of speech when you referred to "such acts of terrorism" ( http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20041012/msgs/404264.html )in a post that immediately preceeded your post in the same thread and related to the same topic that began with the phrase "Mary's kamikazee assault." Perhaps it is metaphor, but in today's political environment "terrorism" is a capital offense for which alleged perpetrators are sometimes lethally prosecuted with no recourse to due process, so I am interested to clarify whether you were speaking metaphorically or literally.
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