Holly, I have reread all your posts about Mrs. Currie, and do not believe I misinterpreted you, misquoted you, or ascribed to you any thoughts and deeds which were not yours. I basically agree with Lisa's posts about your maligning Mrs. Currie. In rereading them, I particularly refer to your post number 5063, insofar as you are suggesting that she simply not recall some things when she is being deposed, and the idea that the truth is quite subjective, from several of your posts. My comment "who do not ascribe to your implied code of amorality and evading truthful testimony" comes from that, and I stand by it. I believe the truth is transparent, as Kenneth Starr says, not diaphanous.
You took a fairly radical position on an issue, including a code of secrets for secretaries that I have never, ever heard before, and it is reasonable to expect that there are people who will disagree with you. I do not believe that I have ever intentionally twisted your words or ideas in the past. If you ever feel that way, you should point it out immediately, so we can look at the posts and see where the misunderstanding started.
This disagreement sort of reminds me of the argument about late-term abortions at the Feelings thread, Holly. You insisted, as I recall, that late-term abortions were never for elective reasons, and I maintained that they often were. You then refused to discuss the subject with me again, although you offered not one iota of factual information or research to support your position. You also insisted U.S. News and World Report, which said that late-term abortions were often elective, must have misinformation in the research study it published. Talk about maligning someone!! I was also frankly amazed when you insisted that if cigarette companies were secretly and illegally paying a biotech company to grow tobacco that is stronger than the law allows, they were doing it so that people would be able to smoke LESS cigarettes!! So as far as I am concerned, you have a history of making illogical comments and then stomping your foot and getting upset and becoming insulting when you are challenged.
In any event, you can be angry with me if you want to, but I think your charges are groundless, and quite rude as well. |
