"Ross Matheson" wrote in message
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: In Subject: WHY THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY PERVERT THE LANGUAGE//Andr Jute
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: dated: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 13:00:05 +0200 (CEST)

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: OTOH, I applaud his recent human expressions of compassion and sharing of
: painful personal experiences, as well as his straightforward on topic
posts.
:
: To be fair, one should encourage and respond positively when these occur,
if
: one is going to respond critically to those that contain errors or flaws.
:
: It is easy to be remiss in this while one is upset over perceived slights.
:
: One can't do either with filters engaged. It takes exposure to tumbling
: gravel, let alone irritating sand, to rub off the awkward corners, remove
the
: layers of outer crust, and reveal the gem within a rock, if it is one.
:
: Ross Matheson
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Great post there, Ross. And I feel the seem way there about Andre's
seemingly honest expression of some of his personal experiences, that
does give the man some redeeming qualities.
Live and let live,
Rudy