Gosh, I guess that would be for the same reason Esprix felt the need to pipe up in threads directed at me, which did not directly concern him: Because I didn’t see the word “PRIVATE” on the door when I came in. Lest you forget where this is taking place, I suggest you take a gander at the top of the window where you’re reading this. That’s right, Jodi, the one that starts with http://. That is called a Uniform (sometimes Universal) resource locator. That, together with the fact that I am not using the Chicago Reader’s private intranet to read this, indicates that this is a PUBLIC FORUM. And that, dear lady, in turn means that anybody is free to comment on anything that is posted. This, not surprisingly, is the nature of public message boards.
Bottom line here is that, as several people have said to me, if you’re going to comment publicly, your words become public record, and are then fair game for others to find inconsistencies and hypocrisies. Esprix is fond of jumping right into every thread that attacks me, and pouncing on every perceived offense in everything I write, so I reserve the right to hold him to the same standards he expects from everyone else.
I don’t know about you, Jodi, but I quit modifying my opinions based on what everyone else thinks back around 4th grade. I use my own judgment and form my own opinions. My opinion is that, in my judgment, Esprix’s apology was insincere and given only because of public pressure to do so.
Well, as wring pointed out, I am, in fact, a recipient of the apology in question, due to the fact that I found the insult offensive. So as one of “everyone” to whom the apology is directed, I choose to reject it on grounds of insincerity.
Please show me how my words were hateful, nasty, or mean-spirited. I said nothing of the sort. All I said is that I don’t buy the apology. And as I covered above,
I might be willing to believe that statement, if only he had retracted and apologized for his insult right off the bat, rather than spending the first 3 1/2 pages reaffirming that he most certainly meant the offense. When I’ve been shown that I’m wrong, I apologize and make no bones about it. gobear, however much we disagree and fight on this board, is quick to apologize once he is convinced that he was in the wrong. Neither of us is ever bullied into a forced, insincere apology. Esprix, by conrast, fought tooth and nail to protect his right to cast offensive insults, until he saw that he was hurting his own “public image”, at which time he offered a bland “ok, whatever” style apology.
I hope you see the difference.
