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Sorry to say that Migeru and once again, do not forget the many times I acknowledged the high consideration I have for your diaries and posts, even when there have been some disagreements on the form.
Not that I want to drive the nail in, as direct issues settling is recommended, I have one question. When you write
I speak the languages of the 5 largest EU member states
I suddenly feel annoyed by the comment you made yesterday
Maybe afew is only bilingual, unlike you Agnes?
That was a snark aimed at pointing out that I boast too much about my language skills, right ? Well, my ego may not be undersized, but I do not recollect having bragged about the infinite number of languages I speak or understand. On the contrary, I tend to feel that I fall short compared to other ET members.
So what's the problem you had with me ?  

When through hell, just keep going. W. Churchill
by Agnes a Paris on Wed Jan 25th, 2006 at 06:43:16 AM EST
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If you really want an answer to your latter question, I'd much rather do it over private e-mail, but that is again something I think should not be taken lightly. At the very least we have a lot of misunderstandings to clear. So think about this four times. My e-mail address is public, as yours used to be. Maybe you should choose an arbiter to Cc: any e-mails to, just to make sure I don't say anything I might later regret.

You again insist on misunderstanding what I said, and I have alreasy explain what I thought I meant by what I said and what I thought you meant with what I quoted and that my one-liner was a reply to.

I disagree that issues settling is recommended. Cooling off is recommended and reflecting on what one said and the others said is recommended. But dwelling on the issues until they are settled is bad policy: it doesn't allow cooling off and it just adds to the pile of I-said-yuo-said that needs to be reflected on, plus it may expose other issues.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jan 25th, 2006 at 06:55:55 AM EST
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