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What the heck are you talking about? Do I know you? Craig > Well, no, it shouldn't, and that was not really a particularly splendid > attempt on your part to avoid the obvious conclusion by everyone else > that you have _once again_ made a fool of yourself in public. > > When the urge finally passes to do so, do let the whole planet know. > > We'll hold a wake in your honor. > > xanthian. > > You mostly avoid that result by admitting your error and apologizing > gracefully, with no attempt to mislead folks to think that you > _really_ knew what you were doing all along, on the off chance you'd > ever like to try it. I'm frequently enough wrong that I've left > lots of glowing examples for you to consider, over the years. > > I'm still apologizing far too frequently for the rec.arts.sf reorg > fiasco I produced, for example, back in the early 1990's, and I'm > less and less inclined to blame my failure of character merely on > being grievously provoked. > > I blew it, plain and simple. Shame hurts.
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