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Subject:Personal attacks, was RE:Soliciting Book Reviews From:David Orr <dorr -at- ORRNET -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 18 Dec 1998 10:37:32 -0600
> In two successive posts, Diane Haugan wrote the following:
>
>
> >Excuse me if I seem miffed. I am. Somehow your gee-whiz enthusiasm
> >doesn't mask what I perceive as a really snide attitude on your part
> about
> >the naivete of reviewers.
>
>
> >Your motivations may be honorable, but without checking on what kinds
> of
> >resources already exist, carefully considering the copyright issues,
> and
> >clearly outlining how what you propose is different from the existing
> >resources, your enthusiasm, for all it's genuineness, looks,
> well...snide.
>
> Diane,
>
> I find your substantive remarks informative, but I am not interested
> in
> in being attacked personally in public. You don't know me at all, so
> you
> are not qualified to make judgements on my motivations. I won't reply
> to
> any further posts that contain personal attacks.
>
> David Orr
> Orr & Associates Corporation
>
