25th January 2004, 9:08 PM
How, how did you get angry ranting out of that?
Ugh, just never mind. I wasn't the slightest bit annoyed talking about that, and was just stating my opinion on it (yes it WAS negetive, and I DO dislike how they did it, but I don't hate it with a fury like you seem to think). However, I AM annoyed that you would take it that way and rather than just say "oh, my mistake" you say "I don't believe THE PERSON WHO SAID IT IN THE FIRST PLACE".
I didn't imply that it was some horrible thing. You read it that way. That's the entire problem with the written word. A HUGE amount of communication comes from HOW something is said, not just the words alone, and I guess that ABF can't see any way to say that other than angry ranting.
No matter, just let it be ABF. I really don't want this to be an issue. I do NOT want to argue about this, and I won't, because I didn't say that with any intention of "starting" anything.
(Actually ABF, the threads without arguing tend to be much happier and livelier than the ones with it. At least, that's the impression I get.)
Ugh, just never mind. I wasn't the slightest bit annoyed talking about that, and was just stating my opinion on it (yes it WAS negetive, and I DO dislike how they did it, but I don't hate it with a fury like you seem to think). However, I AM annoyed that you would take it that way and rather than just say "oh, my mistake" you say "I don't believe THE PERSON WHO SAID IT IN THE FIRST PLACE".
I didn't imply that it was some horrible thing. You read it that way. That's the entire problem with the written word. A HUGE amount of communication comes from HOW something is said, not just the words alone, and I guess that ABF can't see any way to say that other than angry ranting.
No matter, just let it be ABF. I really don't want this to be an issue. I do NOT want to argue about this, and I won't, because I didn't say that with any intention of "starting" anything.
(Actually ABF, the threads without arguing tend to be much happier and livelier than the ones with it. At least, that's the impression I get.)
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)