Posted by Willem on July 02, 1999 at 10:57:57:
In Reply to: Re: David Rose's reply posted by David M. Rose on July 02, 1999 at 01:48:36:
: 2. Willem has contributed a number of thoughtful posts to the board: however, he is prone to confusing the messenger with the message, and making god-like statements like: "btw I am neither left, nor right, I know the truth."
: Yes, I can see it know, the Buddah, Confucious, Moses, Jesus, Mohammed and...Willem???
: Again, my apologies for ruffling anyone's feathers--we are all good fans of Jack Vance.
: Sincerely,
: -David
At least David understood my joke, do you really think that people could mean that, after having read everything from Vance except one book?
I just like to tease (although I really think that the opposition of left and right is meaningless)
In fact my statement on commies & lefties had exactly the same intention: draw people out of the woods (hope I use correct wording to make myself understood)
I will try to beware of mixing up the messenger and the message, but I was not aware of that, which is ofcourse exactly the proof of my problem ;-)
On Vance I agree with Nick : would be interesting to know his personal thoughts and being able to relate that to his work.
But as Vance avoids this sort of subjects we will need a Cugel like trick to get to know his thoughts on politics etc.
Willem