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Re: I think I'm going to puke....
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Thu, 9 Jun 2005 22:12:55 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Leonard Hoffman wrote:

   What happened to you staying out of OTD? Change your mind?

Ah, fair enough. I read a kind of “what happened to you staying out of OTD and staying there” tone which apparently wasn’t intended. Bad read. Actually, I enjoy the stimulating exchange of ideas here, but back then, the subject matter got too racy for my taste in a public forum, so I chose not to be a part of it. Also, I’m self-employed and sometimes I haven’t the time to fully respond in a discussion, and that also was a time like that.

I really value a place where virtually everyone disagrees with me (although it can be time consuming to respond to so many attacks:-) in order to clarify and (try to, at least) understand differing positions.

It’s not nearly as good as a f2f discussions because of the clumsy medium, but it has it’s advantages, too. Speaking of “bad reads”; though I sometimes get annoyed by certain respondants in this forum, there isn’t one with whom I wouldn’t enjoy sitting down at a bar and talking about it over a beer:-)

JOHN



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  Re: I think I'm going to puke....
 
(...) No point. I was just wondering why the change of heart - so I asked a question, which you haven't answered. What happened to you staying out of OTD? Change your mind? (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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