I haven’t noticed the changes Leo asks about.
Reading the first few posts, and I knew exactly what I wanted to quote, even looked it up because no one else would ever think of it…
Damn you, Sir!!!
Leo, I had to write letters to foreign officials for 30 years, and keeping thoughts short, clear and organized was an absolute necessity when communicating clearly with them. Write like those who will be reading your posts have English as a second language and you’ll find such issues as this substantially reduced.
IMHO. YMMV.
I’ve read Verlaine and have a passing awareness of The Greatest Generation.
Well, the first part of your two-topic post above as well as original ones to which you replied were pretty fucking unclear, elliptic, metaphoric, and un-understandable to I suspect most readers now and in the future who happen on this thread. Not good, right? Just like the first part of this one.
:dubious: I view this comment/pseudo compliment as beyond left-handed (armless?). And in this thread I don’t consider myself “being defensive” but defending myself, as far as it goes for an ATMB hijack.
Perviously this same shit has been mod-stopped. Feel free to go to the Pit, where perhaps your way of thinking is better accommodated.
Moderator Note
Let’s focus on the topic of this thread, rather than on Leo’s writing style, please.
NM. Just saw ECG’s note.
But that’s just it – how can anyone know what the topic IS, if we don’t understand him? And he just gets so angry and defensive and accuses people of “piling on” when they tell him that, so what’s the point? I think it’s less that people understand his stuff as that a lot of us are just like, “forget it Jake, it’s Leo Bloom Town”.
Moderator Note
If you don’t understand the topic of the thread, then there is no reason for you to participate in it. There’s a current thread in the Pit if you wish to discuss Leo’s posting style.