Posted by Toph on December 12, 2004, at 14:19:52
In reply to Re: Editing » Toph, posted by Atticus on December 11, 2004, at 18:24:39
> >Oh, and you know this, but I'm telling Atticus now that you did not Babble mail me. I'm surpised that he believed that absurdity ...
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> Hmmm. I really did think we were in the midst of an honest and heartfelt exchange, Toph. I had no reason, given the context, to think that you were kidding. Thanks for the public embarrassment of getting me to respond to something you made up. Christ, after all the things I shared in my prior posts ... And then you have the f*cking nerve to indicate to Dr. Bob in trying to explain yourself that I was at fault for believing your lie by being naive or stupid. Nice. I think this will be our last communication, Toph. Who needs this kind of sh*t? AtticusI'm not sure what I was thinking at the time, but it sure looks pretty stupid etched in silica for all time. The is rarely a defense for lying. I thought what I proposed was so ubsurd that you would see my deception as parody. I was embarrassed when you took it literally and immediately confessed. I was further embarrased that Bob didn't call me on this dishonesty (although he may have just missed it). I understand that you are pissed and now question my motives during our exchange. I apologize for setting you up. Maybe you will not believe anything I tell you from now on, but I will tell you this, I was and am sincerely interested in the person behind the poetry, I am glad that I and others now know you a little better, and I feel terrible if all that you know of me is that I am an untrustworthy, lying @sshole. Unfortunately, there's no editing human memory.
-Toph
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