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I want to quote Arlen P. Walker, who said recently: (RE: Parthian Shots (was
au revoir, etc.))
>Just a couple of notes to those who may be comtemplating emulating the
dearly departed:
>1) If you feel you've been wronged and no one is rushing to your defense:
Get over
>yourself. No one, not even me, is so all-important that every word they
post deserves
>to be read, much less defended with vim, vigor, and vitality. Make your
decisions
>about the list as it is, warts and all, not as you think it should or
could be.
>Tolerate it, or leave it; your choice. Telling 4000 people to change their
ways if
>they want to continue to enjoy your company is *both* arrogant *and*
stupid.
>2) If you're going, go. Go quickly, go slowly, go far away, go next door,
go get a
>job, go get a life, go get a newspaper. Just, whatever you do, go.
_Quietly_. Chances
>are, if you're going because of the list behavior, the list really isn't
going to shed
>many tears over you, and since you're leaving anyway, there's no incentive
to change.
>Exit lines belong to stage actors, not real people. Decide which you are,
and stick to >it.
I liked it then, I like it now.
Jane Carnall
The writers all stand around a cauldron chanting and occasionally tossing in
some hemlock. Unless stated otherwise, these opinions are mine, and mine
alone. Apologies for the long additional sig: it is added automatically and
outwith my control.
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