[WikiEN-l] Nude Kate Winslet Picture

Fri Apr 15 14:51:31 UTC 2005

Dear Tony et al.,

I am sometimes clumsy. I generally have a fairly strong grasp of the
English language, but sometimes I pick the wrong words to convey the
sentiments or ideas that I wish to communicate. A reality of language is
that the words we say are not always the words we mean.

I made a statement that several people have gone on and on about. Was it
an accusation, was it an opinion, was it vile, was it insupportable, was
it factual, was it a paralipsis, etc. etc. ad nauseam. 

Let me say, once and for all that I am sorry. I am genuinely sorry. I
chose my words carelessly. I never intended to make an accusation,
particularly about any individual people or groups. My statement was an
observation based on a general opinion, which in retrospect was not very
accurate.

Again, I'm sorry for any grief that I've caused anyone along the way.

Now, I think it would be ideal if we could move on to something more
productive. 

This --will-- be my last post to this thread, so if you want to keep
talking about me I suppose you can, but I won't be involved.

-Kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-
> bounces at Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Tony Sidaway
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 9:21 AM
> To: wikien-l at Wikipedia.org
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Nude Kate Winslet Picture
> 
> Chad Perrin said:
> >
> > It's pretty clear that Kevin's statement isn't factually supportable
> > with evidence at hand, but that doesn't change the fact that what
could
> > easily be a mere bit of sloppy phrasing was instead treated by Tony
as
> > a deliberate and specific accusatory attack.
> 
> 
> It's quite clear that the intent was to discredit those who disagreed
with
> Kevin by questioning their motives and directly attacking their good
> faith.  It was a vile accusation, insupportable and unworthy of this
list.
> 
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