Advertising diatribe

[Anita Kilgour]

> Someone might interpret you as being defensive because 95% of
> what you write
> here comes off as either defensive or confrontational.  And
> if someone openly
> disagrees with you, as in the Kosovo debate, you stop your
> foot in anger and
> refuse to discuss the matter.  (In fact, the question "why would I be
> defensive?" is, by its very nature, defensive.)

<chuckle>

The reason I stopped discussing the Kosovo matter was that I was extremely
angry.  I figured that since I was angry and unlikely to add anything
constructive to the discussion, I would withdraw from it.  If you choose to
interpret that as throwing a temper tantrum (yes, I know, I'm interpreting
again), that's your choice.

> And *my* impression was that Holly wrote the diatribe over
> again for purposes
> of clarity and precision, so that there could be no
> misunderstanding about
> what she was talking about.  But hey, I could be wrong...

Sure.  I said why *I* didn't.  I claim no influence over the acts of others.

--
Anita