[MD] my olive branch effort

[blue-jay maple]

Ian:
> Ha, olive branch appreciated Nick.
> I have to say stating your personal opinions about the qualities of
> the individuals is a no win game (all about what you don't say about
> about one but say about another - good or bad). It's why Ad Hominem is
> really the only worthwhile moderation rule. (Personal comments best by
> personal mail ... or eyeball to eyeball.)

Nick:
Ian, are you saying here you prefer me to be Ad Hominem?  Ok, so my sincere 
personal opinion is a "no win game".  Ian, you're one opposite person.

Ian:
> Not beaten - When I say "lifes too short" I'm just choosing my battles
> - and this is not the only battleground ;-)
> Irony & rhetorical games - don't work well in e-mail. If you want to
> take an extreme position as a thought experiment, it's good manners to
> make it explicit - boring I know.

Nick:
Well.  I was explicit.  And I was explicit about my "extreme position" and my 
"explicit personal opinion" about each person.  So I guess everything I've said 
is "good manners".

Thanks.  So no hard loses on your part, in other words, you took it on the chin well.

Nick



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