Yes, people... calm down... think of Kleist... Kleist... As for this whole issue, I am convinced that in the majority of cases, arguments and grudges affect those who choose to be affected by them. As for myself, I do not hold any grudge against anyone on the circuit. (This may be due more to an extremely bad memory for people... perhaps if I had some chance of recognizing them when I met them again, this would make grudges possible.) Yes, there are certain aspects of certain people's personalities which I don't like. But heck, I don't really know any of you outside of College Bowl, so who am I to judge? As far as I know, I have never seriously offended anyone on the circuit; if I have, and it is something I can change, please let me know about it. If I have, and it's buried in the past, we all might as well forget it, for it cannot be changed. And in most cases, that's the only distinction, at least for me. I'm willing to concede that there are offenses so serious that they must be brought up after they are finished, but they certainly don't need to be brought up here. Discuss them privately; if legal action seems necessary, then go to it -- but don't drag everyone into it. As for myself, I'd like to state that nobody on the circuit angers me at present, though I confess to a deep and abiding anger for Jean-Jacques Rousseau. As for the rest of you, I do not know, nor do I wish to know, about your quarrels, and I think (though I don't want to speak for other people, and if you disagree, you may ridicule me as you wish) that that applies to practically everyone in this world -- if it doesn't concern me directly, I don't want your biases. So what am I saying? Get angry if you must, but try to avoid it. If anger seems called for, keep it to yourself, the other people involved in the incident, and law enforcement if need be. I'm not saying I'm absolutely right here, or that I myself am above reproach in this issue, but that's my two cents.
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