Posted by The Angel Gabriel on August 27, 1999 at 06:41:07:
In Reply to: You shouldn't be. posted by Nepenthe on August 26, 1999 at 13:21:23:
You, like BoltThrower, chose to attack the messenger, and not address the message. Whatever you may think of my personal reasons for posting as I did, this thread began with a cogent, logical proposal for spellbane. Whether you think I am upset, angry, foolish, smart, tall, short, etc, nothing prevents you from commenting on the idea and its merits, on whether the rationale makes sense or not. Instead, you choose to make personal attacks, as BT did, and that's bad form. Why not simply respond to the thread, and not the maker of the thread, particularly when the content was completely focused on an idea, not on any people, or criticism of anyone. Shame on you. > You can hardly expect to propose a new system of spellbane resolution the day after an uninformed tirade about the current system of the same and not have the previous post(s) color the present one. > My advice would be to take a deep breath and a week off and stop posting on this subject, while there is still some doubt in the public mind (if not mine) of precisely why you find this to be such a vital issue.