Another bad experience

[fpb]

Why in God's name did I ever place my essay on JKR's religion on FA? Most of the responses I received have been appalling: those who did not insist that Christianity meant anything they wanted it to mean simply imagined that I was criticizing JKR for not holding it, on the supposition - which I explicitly denied dozens of times - that you cannot be a decent person without being Christian. God Almighty, the whole damned essay begins with me denying that Christian is a term of moral approval! Do these idiots even know how to read, or do they just play with letters like babies or monkeys?

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Re: The Price of Bitterness

[fpb.livejournal.com]

"You raised the topic this time"? I made a sarcastic remark that ended in "ah, well, never mind". Even if anyone wanted to answer it, it could easily have been answered in the exact same number of words, or less. (In fact, it could have been answered most effectively with just one word, such as "Yes" or "Exactly".) It is certainly not I who decided to answer a brief bit of sarcasm with a several-thousand-word defensio.

Re: The Price of Bitterness

[johncwright.livejournal.com]

I do not follow your logic here. Yes, making a sarcastic remark raises the topic again, and my answer, even if long, is an answer, and not the initiation of a topic.

Why are you unable and unwilling to answer me politely, even over a small point like this?

Re: The Price of Bitterness

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Why are you so irritable? Where have I been rude "over a small point like this"? And why was it necessary to answer a small remark with a rehashing of the whole polemic which you knew was not going anywhere?

Re: The Price of Bitterness

[johncwright.livejournal.com]

I am not sure what I said to make you believe I was irritated. This comment so astonishes me, that now I must draw back from pursuing this conversation further. Misunderstanding deceive wiser heads than mine. I now see that what I thought were cowardly sneers and insults coming from you, had some other meaning, or no meaning at all.

Rather than upset you further, I will happily admit the entire fault is mine, and ask your apology. Let us not let a small thing come between us.