In a message dated 10/4/2004 12:03:05 AM Eastern Daylight
Time,
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com writes:
> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 21:30:48 -0400
> From:
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net
> Subject: Re: Re: Pulp pleasures + Death
Certificate
>
> Richard wrote:
>
> "And again, I wonder if the Yahoo lists are
searchable on the Internet.
> My experience on other Yahoo lists is that they are
not. If so, I
> will miss getting these "out-of-the-blue" emails
that have added so much
> to my knowledge."
>
> I've gotten a few of those emails, too, a few from
family, but mostly
> from the authors I've commented on, themselves. Of
course, the initial
> thought is always, Oh crap, did I say anything bad
about them? However,
> that's quickly overwhelmed by the thrill of finding
out that a
> particular author appreciates my appreciation of him
or her. It's nice
> to repay a little bit of the debt I owe them for the
pleasure they have
> given me.
>
> And Richard, thanks for sharing the Torrey
story.
>
> Mark
>
My one bad experience came when before I knew everything (at
least under the old server) was out there for the public, I
made a off-hand comment about an actor (who I admired) who
killed his wife and then himself. Someone out there
(who I later learned maintained a fan website devoted to the
actor) posted to the list that it was very possible that
someone else was responsible for both deaths. As I merely
relayed what had been reported at the time (which was years
before these postings) in the media, I responded that I did
not know of any "alternative theories" but had not meant to
cause offense or get in the middle of some dispute.
A couple of weeks passed and then I had an email from one of
the actor's daughters, saying (in effect) that she heard that
I was promoting some conspiracy theory about her parents'
deaths and it was not true. As much as she loved her father
and would give anything to have some other explanation for
her parents' deaths, it was conclusive that her father had
killed her mother and then himself. I wrote her back and
explained that it was not I who had such a conspiracy theory
but I named the person who had made the statement and I again
paid tribute to her father's career.
The daughter was very familiar with that individual and her
eccentric views and understood I was not promoting them. She
and I exchanged very cordial emails but for a time there, I
have to say, I posted far less often. And still, I remember
and consider that this is not simply a conversation in a
hallway.
And, Bill, what is the word on Yahoo? Is the list and our
postings still searchable on Google and other engines?
Richard Moore
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