October 11, 2004 at 4:29PM This Entry Has Been Deleted
The post that had been here unintentionally hurt a friend of mine. Its intention was misunderstood by the commenters who came later.
The point had been self-depricating mockery. I was laughing at myself. I’d left people’s names out in the hope that people would get the point of the post. But that didn’t happen, despite my protests. Maybe it’s that I didn’t make myself clear when I wrote, or something else, but regardless, the effect was not the one I intended.
I got a text a few minutes ago asking to have this taken down, and that’s what I’m doing, along with the attached comments. It might not fix what inadvertant damage has been done, but it’s something at least. It’s my way of saying sorry.
I would prefer if people would not leave comments connected to the original post.
Update: My comments code allows me to verify to some extent the identities of those posting. There was a seemingly innocuous, but false comment (dated October 16, 2004 at 11:29AM) posted here that I will be deleting in the next few days proporting to be from the person in question. I will block the IPs of anybody caught doing this: I don’t appreciate people lying on my site.
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