Please let Gene back on the list.
I actually thought an apology was unnecessary, but he didn't.
There is more than enough policing in the world today. Let's be big=20
enough to forgive and forget.
I remember after the 9/11 bombing in NYC that a bunch of people quit=20
the list because someone took a stance that was more neutral,=20
coinciding with the way of world peace as "opposed" to the belligerent=20=
stance of the American "president". To me, this meant that some=20
people on the list were so immature that they couldn't even respect the=20=
opinions of others.
I would hope Gene be let back, and we maintain a respectable forum=20
based on knowledge, and integrity.
Marcus Grandon
On Thursday, January 15, 2004, at 09:45 AM, IieoOoeiI@aol.com wrote:
> Konbanwa, to the shakuhachi=A0list:
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> Someone posted something on the list about me recently, and I=20
> responded with my own post.
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> =A0
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> And, instinctively, from my years as a fighting United States Marine=20=
> and a criminal courtroom brawler and other unthinkable biographical=20
> environments - I now realize to my shame=A0I over responded.=A0
>
> =A0
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> Significantly.=A0
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> =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=20
> whipped back with=A0a large portion indeed of=A0my senile old =
crotchety=20
> 73-year-old fury.=A0 These=A0years of steroids=A0- the only things =
which=20
> keep me alive today - give me a whole lot more zeal than brains.
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> =A0
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> Whence I appropriately was stripped of my rank, my saber broken, and I=20=
> was drummed off the list.
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> And that's well, as they say.
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> =A0
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> Except it leaves something of a haunting pall over all of us and our=20=
> beloved shakuhachi.=A0 What sort of dumb dharma is this?=A0 And who =
ever=20
> wants any curtain wring down on a sour note.
>
> =A0
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> So I wish to apologize to all the list, most sincerely indeed.=A0=20
> Hontou-ni moushiwake-gozaimasen.=A0 Gomen-nasai.
>
> =A0
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> I would like to be back on the list, with a significantly more bridled=20=
> tongue, I assure you, but that option=A0is certainly not a condition =
of=20
> this apology.
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> =A0
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> I'm sorry.
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> =A0
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> Thank you for listening.
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> =A0
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> Gene
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> =A0
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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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