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The trouble with having a reputation for unflappable calm and rationality is
that when you *do* lose it, and begin to react emotionally, people suspect
you of cold-hearted manipulation.
Simon St. Laurent sent me a private email. By mistake, I forwarded my response
to this mailing list. I apologize for doing so.
To compound matters, I used an expression in that email which was not intended
for public consumption, and which has made for wounded feelings. It was especially
open to misinterpretation by those lacking a perfect grasp of English-language
idiom. It was not my intent to disparage any organization as contemptible.
I also wish to state that I wish Jonathan Borden every success in his attempt
to define an XML property set.
("Eating crow", BTW, means "publicly humbling oneself, particularly by
accepting what one has fought against".)
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Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com
Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)
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