08 Jan
An apology to “El”
Recently I had a run-in, or a dispute, with a commenter named El on Gates of Vienna over certain issues. Now if you’ve known me any length of time you’ll know that I get a little florid in my oratory. El doesn’t provide an e-mail address in his profile or I would have done this privately.
Simply: I overstepped the bounds of decent conversation and became, if not offensive, then at least insulting. I made assumptions that I should not have made and I slipped into the very traps that I have criticised others for slipping into in the past. I don’t know if you’ll accept it or not, El, but you’re a sound bloke and you’ve made me stop for a moment and think about what I’m saying. That has to be worth something, right?
apology accepted, old boy. you did seem slightly hot under the collar, but these are trying times for all of us.
we seemed to find some common ground in the end, and the whole string of comments was reasonably amicable compared to a lot of what passes for debate on the internet. for what it’s worth, i should tell you that i am struggling with the issues i raised myself, and have no firm answers to the questions i posed. nor do i stand in condemnation of lionheart, who seems to have demonstrated more strength of character already than most of us ever will, in any way.
el ingles
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