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To: Grainne who wrote (88039)	11/1/2004 8:30:46 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Perhaps she will jump in at some point and clarify the situation. I wish she would, but I seriously doubt she will. I really like X My condolences. We're working on a cure for that. :-)

To: Grainne who wrote (88039)	11/5/2004 5:05:41 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 108807

I ban people who stalk and harass me, and who like to call names, and act in a manner I think of as equating to those awkward middle school years- when bully boys run the school yards. I do not post to several people who are extremely and outrageously personal and nasty, although I do not wish to list those people, or in any way humiliate them- since I believe their own behavior humiliates them quite enough. I do not post to them, and yet they follow me around and post to me- and they also post about me all over SI, on threads I have never even heard of. I find that inexcusable- and I refuse to talk to people who act in such a way. I think to encourage their bad behaviour in any way would be to condone it- and so I do the best that I can, which is to ignore the people who act in such ways, and condemn the behavior as often as I can. I know the people who do this are convinced they are doing something good, or at least have convinced themselves that the evil they do is justified. I find their behavior very instructive- and try to keep it in mind whenever I might tend to think an end might justify a means (it doesn't). That's all I have to say about it. The lessons are out there. Whether people learn from them is another matter. Take care.

To: Grainne who wrote (88039)	11/5/2004 9:45:08 PM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I went to X's Kissy Kissy Read Any Good Books Lately thread a couple of days ago to recommend the wonderful book below as a holiday present for any child from 8 to 12. (They say 9-12, but I'm giving it, and Kipling's Kim, to my 8 year old grandson for Christmas, and it will be just right. Kim will be for reading aloud.) But I'll take this opportunity to recommend the book here, since I when went to X's book thread I found that I was banned from there--and the subject of banning coincides conveniently with my impulse to recommend this book. amazon.com The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily by Dino Buzzati and Frances Lobb It's a New York Review Children's Collection book. That's an excellent source for children's book recommendations, btw, and at the Bears Famous Invasion link, there are some other NYRB recommendations. Out of curiosity, I just checked X's Bigot thread, where I posted a few months ago, and see she hasn't banned me from that one, oddly enough. The explanation is that she really hates my literary taste! Just kidding. I don't know the explanation for that oddity. P.S. I'm rereading, all on audiotape (which has certain disadvantages, but they are outweighed in my life by the advantages) all of Dickens that I find on the shelf in the local libraries. Dickens is so wonderful that one loves him, just loves and admires him, the whole time one is reading. Everybody should reread Dickens!