<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.10.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Fri, 2006-04-08 at 09:32 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> > It was meant as a "insult" against me. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> You're probably right - but how does it differ, then, in any way from what you did in the first place? Michael will insist it _wasn't_ meant as an insult, but you and many others will read it that way. That's the same problem I had with your original post. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Actually it was meant as a self-identifying insult. I deliberately used the style but not the words of someone and allowed that person to see himself in them and respond. I was not disappointed. I believe I first heard this technique used in the context of something that went like "I cast a general garment and my worthy claims it a tailored fit". <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- Michael T. Richter Email: ttmrichter@gmail.com, mtr1966@hotpop.com MSN: ttmrichter@hotmail.com, mtr1966@hotmail.com; YIM: michael_richter_1966; AIM: YanJiahua1966; ICQ: 241960658; Jabber: mtr1966@jabber.cn "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists." --Abraham Lincoln </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>