Dear Tony et al.,
I am sometimes clumsy. I generally have a fairly strong grasp of the
English language, but sometimes I pick the wrong words to convey the
sentiments or ideas that I wish to communicate. A reality of language is
that the words we say are not always the words we mean.
I made a statement that several people have gone on and on about. Was it
an accusation, was it an opinion, was it vile, was it insupportable, was
it factual, was it a paralipsis, etc. etc. ad nauseam.
Let me say, once and for all that I am sorry. I am genuinely sorry. I
chose my words carelessly. I never intended to make an accusation,
particularly about any individual people or groups. My statement was an
observation based on a general opinion, which in retrospect was not very
accurate.
Again, I'm sorry for any grief that I've caused anyone along the way.
Now, I think it would be ideal if we could move on to something more
productive.
This --will-- be my last post to this thread, so if you want to keep
talking about me I suppose you can, but I won't be involved.
-Kevin
-----Original Message-----
From: wikien-l-bounces(a)Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-
bounces(a)Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Tony Sidaway
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 9:21 AM
To: wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Nude Kate Winslet Picture
Chad Perrin said:
>
> It's pretty clear that Kevin's statement isn't factually supportable
> with evidence at hand, but that doesn't change the fact that what
could
> easily be a mere bit of sloppy phrasing was
instead treated by Tony
as
a deliberate
and specific accusatory attack.
It's quite clear that the intent was to discredit those who disagreed
with
Kevin by questioning their motives and directly
attacking their good
faith. It was a vile accusation, insupportable and unworthy of this
list.
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