tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3183476926711887565..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Think before you sendNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-26891785412661216802017-01-26T15:48:52.414-06:002017-01-26T15:48:52.414-06:00Sounds good. Life is too short. I do still like th...Sounds good. Life is too short. I do still like the responses you actually sent. A soft answer turneth away wrath and all that, but I doubt your two correspondents were much pleased.<br /><br />TETomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-84753162639703935262017-01-26T14:43:43.844-06:002017-01-26T14:43:43.844-06:00And the more you say, the more likely that a hosti...And the more you say, the more likely that a hostile writer could pull out some out-of-context remark to embarrass you with.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-39453313082864729662017-01-26T14:13:22.340-06:002017-01-26T14:13:22.340-06:00That's flattering Tom. Though archiving the em...That's flattering Tom. Though archiving the emails struck me as vain and pointless, and I think I did it more to post here than anything else. My strategy with emails is to reply gratefully and succinctly to those who say something cogent, and to ignore the rest. There's no point in answering hostile writers; it never ends well. Never.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-33818827269616474442017-01-26T12:29:43.604-06:002017-01-26T12:29:43.604-06:00Neil seems to have hit upon a way to enjoy the bes...Neil seems to have hit upon a way to enjoy the best of both worlds: indulging himself therapeutically with the balm of his archived response, and then being able to gain satisfaction from his correspondent's probable disappointment at failing to to provoke an angry response.<br /><br />In one of his Rambler essays, "An Author's Writing and Conversation Contrasted," Dr. Johnson cited numerous examples of famous men, when encountered in person, falling disappointingly short of the impressions made by their writing. One thinks that Neil's tactical use of this phenomenon would meet "the Great Cham's" approval.<br /><br />Tom Evans Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56588257623917294922017-01-26T10:37:11.729-06:002017-01-26T10:37:11.729-06:00I still like your first response to Jim better.
B...I still like your first response to Jim better.<br /><br />Bitter ScribeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857840826894504436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13425435800202878112017-01-26T10:26:56.150-06:002017-01-26T10:26:56.150-06:00Doesn't seem fair; readers get to vent, dumpin...Doesn't seem fair; readers get to vent, dumping all their anger/frustration/prejudices onto you and those in your position, while you have to tread carefully. I would think that ignoring those emails is the best way to deal with it, but it's admirable to try and reason with them, knowing it's often a futile endeavor, especially since acknowledging them only serves to encourage another nutty response.<br /><br />SandyKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83766096082196422342017-01-26T08:31:58.671-06:002017-01-26T08:31:58.671-06:00If they could appreciate irony, they wouldn't ...If they could appreciate irony, they wouldn't support him.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66345183433770453392017-01-26T07:15:03.192-06:002017-01-26T07:15:03.192-06:00Was it Pascal that wrote, "Sorry for the long...Was it Pascal that wrote, "Sorry for the long letter, but I didn't have time to write a shorter one."?<br /><br />john<br /><br />tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76320287532135558622017-01-26T06:16:05.689-06:002017-01-26T06:16:05.689-06:00there are also others of the liberal progressive b...there are also others of the liberal progressive bent who have been saying this as well. granted now that he actually has taken the oath of office and begun to act on some of his " policy" concerns, it is an even less palatable proposition to support him or the 115th congressFMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3219213683525673392017-01-26T06:03:49.465-06:002017-01-26T06:03:49.465-06:00Nobody seems to appreciate the irony of this "...Nobody seems to appreciate the irony of this "He's President now, he deserves our support" lecturing coming followers of the man who spearheaded all the birther garbage eight years ago.Diane P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03112299627710884154noreply@blogger.com