TO JT: Jon, you mean you didn't you notice? The break from you yesterday, and over the weekend, was rather nice as well. And even you've got to admit: There'll be more agreement than disagreement in my preceding remark!
TO ALETA: I challenge you to take my use of that quote from that article to any literary professor Anywhere University, USA. My use of the quote, in context, was proper. No question. Where the article quoted Rossetto's "f*ck-you farewells," all I did was note that he and Batkin also put one over the bow of Zulu. Where is the problem?
[Frankly, from a mature discussion point of view, I fail to see where the asterisk provides a cure for you. But on the other hand, U.S. citizens just forked over 46 million dollars paying for the Whitewater Investigation report to Congress. Amazingly, the report included the term "Whitewater" only four times--that's nearly 12 million a word! Don't you think this is a better area for your complaint, Aleta.]
Back to point. When writing for emphasis it's not at all unusual to quote someone for emphasis. I used the National Industry Standard writer's indelicate description of Rossetto's actions in order to emphasize that Zulu got screwed accordingly as well. Plain and clear.
Now, obviously, prejudice against me has seeped into your consciousness stream. This is something that you have to deal with. Not me. I remind you that it's also not the responsibility of the SI Administrator to have to deal with your prejudice.
Which reminds me. Exactly why did you feel compelled to present your complaint to the SI Administrator, rather than take the normal complaint route through the webmistress? I, and perhaps others do as well, find that odd. |
