Goodbye, farewell and adieu (Forwarded from GulPlum)

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

--- In HPFGU-Feedback at yahoogroups.com, "Wendy" <hebrideanblack at e...> 
wrote:
> Note from Hebby: I received this message from GulPlum (AKA Richard) 
> today, and he asked me to forward it to this list. 
> *****************
>  

> I found Amy's levity in her sig after msg #284 at Joywitch's 
> outburst quite out of place. For a regular list member to admit 
that 
> they know they're being deliberately rude and offensive is bad 
> enough. For an established poster and (ex?) member of the Admin 
team 
> to end a post with "I know I'm being rude but I don't care" is, 
> frankly, unforgivable. Amy's one-sided attack on Gwen's language 
> (note, we're talking about a single word here) whilst quietly 
> brushing the tone and language of Joywitch's comments under the 
> carpet is quite disgusting, to be honest.  [snip]

Well, I am sorry if my rudeness caused anyone to leave, but I never 
said "I know I'm being rude but I don't care."   I *do* care, 
actually, but I did what I felt was necessary, and was willing to 
suffer the consequences of my rule-breaking.

It seems to me that for someone to be angry at me is reasonable, but 
to be angry at Amy for *not* being angry at me is not so reasonable, 
and to stomp off out of HPfGU altogether is a bit of an overreaction.

But anyway, I am sorry for my public rudeness.  It *is* rule-
breaking, and it causes sweet, pleasant, kind people like Ali to be 
upset.  I will now go and open the soundproof cabinet where I keep my 
(rather large) collection of Howlers, and let them all scream at me 
for a while.

--Joywitch