Question for Arny
On 23 Dec, 14:53, John Atkinson wrote:
On Dec 21, 1:35*pm, John Atkinson wrote:
Mr. Krueger has explained in the past that he regards any criticism of
his views or even plain disagreement with them, no matter how politely
expressed, as being equivalent to a personal attack. That attitude
seems perfectly defined by the phrase "thin skin."
Paul Bamborough, who used to post to r.a.o., captured Arny
Krueger's personality perfectly with the phrase "sensitive tank."
Following is the relevant text form his 199 posting.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
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From: Paul Bamborough )
Subject: Atkinson enlightens his sheep
Newsgroups: rec.audio.opinion
Date: 1999/10/08
Arny Krueger wrote
wrote
And one more point: why did you make what must be considered
an insulting change to the thread title in your response to
my posting? Don't you regard having done so as somewhat childish?
Let's put it this way: When one has taken a certain number of
inbound shells of a certain caliber, one hardly worries about
sending a few back, or at who on the other side of the "battle
line".
Dear Mr. Krueger,
This post is intended to be constructive. You may have trouble
accepting this, but I would request you to consider it on exactly
that basis.
I'm beginning to wonder if the the most important underlying reason
for your style of debate, and the reactions that it provokes, is
that you have an extreme insensitivity to how your words might seem
to other people, coupled with an equally extreme sensitivity to the
slightest possibility of insult. It's quite common, you know: one
well known phrase describing it is the "Sensitive Tank".
The Sensitive Tank rolls over the landscape, its treads grinding
and crushing, its cannon and machine guns firing wildly in all
directions. But let it perceive the presence, or even the
possibility of a critical glance being aimed in return, and it
draws its skirts around its ankles and complains bitterly about
being attacked.
It's not an exact analogy, because a tank typically has effective
weapons and good defences. But it will do.
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try this:
sensitive commode
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