joshua said:
>   The best solution, that I've found, is to
>   route anything from bowerbird directly into the trash bin. 

i recommend that for people who
experience bad emotional reactions
when they read my messages.

i don't care if you trash my messages.
whether you read them or not
makes absolutely no difference to me.

but don't read something into them
that i never put in them, and then
blame me for the emotion you feel.


>   I only see his stuff when others reply to it

because only hearing one side of an argument
is a great way to make up your mind, isn't it?

i mean, because if you listen to _both_ sides,
it can get _complicated_, know what i mean?

so just pick the side that you want to believe,
and then just listen to that side.  makes it easy.

and you know what?  that's fine by me.
but if you ain't gonna read the whole thread,
don't jump into the thread.  if you only read
every other chapter in the book, i _really_
do not care to hear your "opinion" on it...


>   (which actually makes his stuff more interesting,
>   because only the truly assinine statements
>   get quoted and I get a good chuckle).

"quoted"?

or misquoted?

i find when many of my opponents represent
what i've said, they _misrepresent_ what i said.

so if you're not reading what i really said,
only listening to people tell you what they say i said,
you're not getting the whole story, by any stretch...

but hey, it occurs to me that most of you
actually prefer _not_ to have the whole story,
not just in regard to me, but for many things.
(x.m.l. being just one prime example.)

some of you seem to be very highly skilled at
sticking your head in the ground...

-bowerbird