Re: To each their own. was: Re: Perhaps Cele has a crush on Sky? was: Re: NEIL---SOC.MEN take note MORE RAPE TALK ON THE NEIL ARTHUR

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 03:41:47 -0000 John James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> "David Lee Kollberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Well I am - I can 'do Daran' better than Daran if I want ;-)...

No you can't.

> ...I'm just not as methodical about it as he is...

The methodology is part of what it is to do Daran.

> ...Oh, and Daran and I have several times clashed on the issue of his
> piety - I doubt we need to do so again, but he knows my position on it,
> and I know his.

I'm sure we will again, hopefully not for a while.

> I don't. The Lady Ellen is there for consideration - take her or leave
> her. I wouldn't presume to judge the reaction of others in that respect. I
> find it immature for David to post repeated contentless posts about her...

'Tiresome' was the word I used, but we agree on 'contentless'.  And this is
very much the point.  I know from experience that David is perfectly capable
of responding with remarkably witty one-liners.  If he wishes to troll
Ellen, let him be funny with it.  As I said about Gateaux, a troll has a
responsibility not to bore.

> when she has demonstrated that she won't respond to them, but I would have
> refrained from commenting upon that if it were the only symptom of
> whatever ails him. He's straying dangerously close to obnoxious though
> with the recent attack on Cele. We may fall out over it if such behaviour
> continues. I give fair warning.

And 'giving fair warning', is all I have been doing, admittedly in less mild
and eloquent tones.  David (see, I'm at it again) has taken exception.  It
is not clear to me, whether to the tone or the content of the message.

>> This sounds unusually philanthropic, if you ask me, and I don't suppose
>> Daran is *that* altruistic (even if he's a nice enough guy). I think that
>> - if he would be doing the same with other (more deserving) people - I
>> maybe could appreciate it better. Besides, why doesn't he try this same
>> strategy with Sky, then? Because that would be a real challenge (and not
>> merely a game). In my honest opinion Sky is at least as trustworthy as
>> Ellen is.
> 
> He did. I remember it...

You probably also remember our, um, forthright discussion, about how much of
a chance he deserved.

> John James (JJ)

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Daran

It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.
- Ursula Le Guin