Konbanwa, to the shakuhachi=A0list:
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Someone posted something on the list about me recently, and I responded w=
ith my own post.
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And, instinctively, from my years as a fighting United States Marine and =
a criminal courtroom brawler and other unthinkable biographical environme=
nts - I now realize to my shame=A0I over responded.=A0
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Significantly.=A0
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I hit back with just about as much sarcasm and sting as I could.
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And then someone else piped up, and then another and another, and I whipp=
ed back with=A0a large portion indeed of=A0my senile old crotchety 73-yea=
r-old fury.=A0 These=A0years of steroids=A0- the only things which keep m=
e alive today - give me a whole lot more zeal than brains.
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Whence I appropriately was stripped of my rank, my saber broken, and I wa=
s drummed off the list.
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And that's well, as they say.
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Except it leaves something of a haunting pall over all of us and our belo=
ved shakuhachi.=A0 What sort of dumb dharma is this?=A0 And who ever want=
s any curtain wring down on a sour note.
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So I wish to apologize to all the list, most sincerely indeed.=A0 Hontou-=
ni moushiwake-gozaimasen.=A0 Gomen-nasai.
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I would like to be back on the list, with a significantly more bridled to=
ngue, I assure you, but that option=A0is certainly not a condition of thi=
s apology.
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I'm sorry.
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Thank you for listening.
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Gene
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Dr. Gene Neill
PO Box 78
Mayo, Florida 32066
USA
Phone 386-294-1236
FAX 386-294-1112
www.shakuhachi.ws
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