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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: TOTAL VICTORY, INDEED
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bds@ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce Scott TOK )

>Andrew C. Greenberg (werdna@gate.net) wrote:
>: So there, you have it.  You have had your total victory, indeed.
>: G-d bless you all.

Bruce:
>That was weak, Andy.  Someone else said you've been around for a while,
>and you should know by now that announced exits are not exactly the most
>mature way to take one's leave.  The above really does diminish my
>esteem of you; it is unprofessional.  You wouldn't do that if you lost a
>case you really believed should have justly gone your way, would you?
>
>I once had an experience similar to yours... trying to convince people
>on soc.culture.native that science and scientists were not their enemy,
>not automatically sexist or culturally chauvinistic.  Fat chance, I was
>set upon by more than a dozen people who simply refused to see what I
>was trying to make a call for evenhandedness between two very different
>world views.  No, I really got nowhere.  One of the other participants
>made an exit similar to yours before I had a chance to err like that.
>Maybe I was just lucky, but I refrained from such fanfare at the time.
>
>Diane Richardson once took an exit like yours.  Fortunately, she was
>above it in the end, and has returned to her well-respected position.
>She gets a little sharp but I assure you she can handle a disagreement.
>The others who can't?  Don't try to convince them.  This newsgroup is a
>big place, and you should have realised that.  In return, you should
>show yourself capable of living with disagreement as well.
>
>What you should have done is simply to let it lie.  Let it lie, and then
>come back after a few weeks if you want to.  Say your piece, and don't
>be crushed if people don't accept it.  I hope you get over this.
 
    Me too, Andy.
    
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