I mistakenly interpreted the reference to What Lola Wants Lola Gets. Nevertheless, perhaps my post will serve a preemptive purpose (even if there actually is no evidence of a negative reaction to Bob's postso far).
I feel certain there are persons out there who will resent Bob having humbled himself before you in this clean and unequivocal manner. Perhaps what made me jump too soon was my wish to protect Bob from these hungry jackals who might wish to feast upon this display of such unselfconscious vulnerability. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Dear Bob Price, > > > > There will be (as evidenced already) persons at FFL who will > > not like this apology. Not because of the way you have > > expressed yourself, but because of to whom it is addressed. > > Evidenced already? Not that I've seen. > > I agree, it was a lovely apology. > > And thanks also for the kind words... > > > > Now I happen to appreciate the clarity and impartiality in most of what > > Judy writes; and certainly there is no one here on FFL who, in some formal > > sense at least, is a better writer than she is. > > > > But what I wish to draw attention to is what this post reveals about the > > person that you are. I doubt there are very many readers and posters at FFL > > who can imagine themselves under any circumstance writing with this kind of > > humility, sincerity, and intelligencethat is, inside the context of > > expiating for some self-judged wrong against another person. Did I know > > nothing about you; did I know nothing about the person to whom you are > > speaking, I would nevertheless admireeven lovethe person who was capable > > of exhibiting such bright and intelligent feeling. What strikes me most in > > this post is the disarming boldness and coherence with which you make your > > appeal. There is not a touch of sentimentality or self-confusion here. I > > think it quite an extraordinary proof of the depth of personality and > > powers of self-command that you possess. > > > > I should have anticipated the response, which instead of catching at what I > > am trying to describe, focuses on the object of your apology. Even the fact > > of how you come across herein the way in which I have interpreted yousays > > something positive about Judy. Because had it not been appropriateor > > somehow excessivefor you to write in this way to herthen your post would > > have suffered from its very ambition: namely to do justice to another human > > being. > > > > That Judy could bring this out from within you, is a measure of who she is > > as a person. But what imperially forces me to speak here is my sense of who > > the person must be who was capable of putting themselves in the position > > you have and then finding the grace to write what cannot be misunderstood, > > what seems to almost perfectly fulfil its very real intention. >
