List: I want to apologize for the p...ing wars that have spilled over to the list. I wrote some private posts which RicB then moved to the list. I don't have any idea what I have done to irritate him and cause this unnecessary, on-list exchange. Maybe someday I'll get smart enough to figure that out. I promise, this is my last post or reply on this matter. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 11/16/2002 at 5:58 PM Richard Brekne wrote: >"David M. Porritt" wrote: > >> One of the dangers in being candid with some people is >> that they'll misquote a private email and post it to the >> list. That is the case here. > >This David an out and out falsehood. I have not misquoted >you in any fashion at all. And as far as the implication of >misrepresentation is contained herein is concerned, you >force me to your origional private "note" to me. I think it >aptly demonstrats the real source of the present minor flame >up. > >"David M. Porritt" wrote: > > "Richard: Your comments comparing the US current >administration with Iraq seemed..........well, what's a >kinder word for > "stupid". Maybe you missed it but we just had >elections here in this country. I must have missed the >election results for > Iraq. dave > >Now as I said in my last post, it is not the subject matter >that inflames, it is unprevoked personal derogatory comments >like above. I will leave out your follow up from your next >post...as I would think one such example should suffice. > > >> The paragraph below in quotes is an accurate >> representation of what I told RicB in a private email. It >> was in the context of requesting that the subjects of >> politics and religion be omitted from the PTG lists. > >Yes, well we see the background and tone of your .... >request. > >> My political views were confined to a private post rather >> than a public one. I'll not respond publicly about his or >> my political views. The meaning he perceived from my >> political views and his negative public response serves as >> a prime example of why we try to keep politics and >> religion off the list. > >What the example really shows, is the wisdom of avoiding >name calling, derogatory personal comment, and the like.... >especially for someone throwing around official titles. > >> Dave >> Poritt, >> co-chair Electronic Communications Committee > >and btw... for the record David, your private posts to me >contained none of your political views, and my negative >response stems soley for what appeared to be a warning shot >by you in the name of the Electronic Communications >Committee. If that was a misunderstanding on my part, >perhaps it might have been avoided had you employed a less >aggresive approach in the first place. > > >Sincerely > >-- >Richard Brekne >RPT, N.P.T.F. >UiB, Bergen, Norway >mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no >http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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