michael said:
>   It is quite obvious that many people view
>   both Bowerbird's and Mr. Rothman's comments as attacks,
>   even Bowerbird and Mr. Rothman, though rarely would the
>   mention include self-reflection on this matter.

for the record, i do not feel i have made _any_ "attacks".

and i firmly believe if you look at what i have actually said --
as opposed to how david has _characterized_ what i've said
-- you will see that that is so.  indeed, if you find otherwise,
i'd be happy for you to draw attention to it, so i can explain.

i have said _unflattering_ things.  but with good evidence.
i _never_ resort to spin-doctoring, such as his name-calling.
he flames me, and then tries to blame it on me by calling me
"a troll".  don't tell me you can't see through that transparency.

and really, take a look at the latest thread.  i made a simple point
-- which is that it is relatively easy for a programmer to "embed"
shared annotations into an e-book -- and he eventually ended up
dragging in a _myriad_ of unrelated charges, some of them _silly_.

meanwhile, it still remains easy to embed annotations in an e-book.
contrary to what a naive observer might be led to believe by teleblog
-- or even his recent posts here -- openreader is _not_ the only way
to provide "interactivity" to electronic-books.  not even close.

all these other issues that he is throwing up are a _smokescreen_
intended to divert your attention from that very simple fact, and
if anyone reading these posts doesn't realize that, then i _fear_
for their reading comprehension.  of course, david doesn't _want_
people to read these posts, that's why he's throwing up a barrage,
hoping that lurkers will just view the subject-headers (where he
promulgates his smear job by prominently using the "troll" word).

is what i'm saying here unflattering?  you betcha.  is it true?  you betcha.

but i don't do "attacks".  i do hard-headed analysis with a focus on fact.

and i don't get emotionally involved -- it interferes badly with the logic.
it's a lot smarter to stay on-point.

i do a lot of self-reflection.  i can look at myself in a mirror just fine...

-bowerbird