--- Brian Thornton <
tieresias@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >I'm not trying to convince anyone of
anything.
>
> Then why are you so forceful in your statements
and
> so frequently unpleasant in your
responses?
> Needlessly so, I might add. This is a
most
> collegial list. I invite you to give it a try,
and
> that's not hyperbole.
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"What do you want me to do? Learn to stutter?"--Sam
Spade
Brian, you become very offensive, yourself, when you're
defensive. I'm happy to have a pleasant argument with you or
anyone else without the snide jibes. But if you want to snide
jibe, I can dish it out and I can take it. My hobby is
fencing.
That's when people start to complain about these
threads.
I'm not even sure what we disagree with in this discussion. I
said that Hemingway acknowledged an artistic debt to Hammett
and you want to know where the quote is. I have nearly 200
books by or about Ernest Hemingway. I'm sure I'll turn it up
again eventually. I can assure you, he said it. Why would you
think he didn't? Just because I said so
"forcefully."
Come on; let's lighten up. You can believe whatever you
want.
Patrick King
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