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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: Holtsinger on Harassment & Health
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.180206.10818@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <lefty-111192095520@lefty.apple.com> <nyikos.721969112@milo.math.scarolina.edu> <1992Nov17.154519.14631@pwcs.stpaul.gov>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:02:06 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- In article <1992Nov17.154519.14631@pwcs.stpaul.gov> chrisl@stpaul.gov (Chris A Lyman) writes:
- >
- >I find it quite repugnant, Peter, that you would attempt to deflect well-
- >deserved flames away from Darcy. He made several tasteless, tactless and
- >mean-spirited posts about a t.a participant's SO's experience as a victim
- >of child sex abuse.
-
- "...well-deserved flames..."
-
- Blatant assertion.
-
- "He made several ..."
-
- Incorrect. The whole flamewar stemmed from a single post.
-
- "...tasteless, tactless and mean-spirited..."
-
- Speculation presented as fact. My post attacked the spectacle of a
- child molester bragging about his exploits. I doubt that anyone would
- consider my behavior, placed in the context of that interpretation,
- as "tasteless, tactless and mean-spirited". As it happened, my
- interpretation was incorrect. I have apologized for that error. But
- error is not the same as malice, and the presence of malice in this
- instance is purely a matter of speculation on Mr. Lyman's part.
-
- "...about a t.a participant's SO's experience..."
-
- Misleading. My article was posted exclusively to alt.flame, where it
- was completely appropriate. The term "t.a participant" seems to
- insinuate that I inflicted the flames on talk.abortion, when in fact
- the parties guilty of _that_ particular offense have never owned up or
- apologized for their actions.
-
- - Kevin
-