From: Bill Lucy 

In article , nomail{at}hotmail.com says...
> > harsher than is actually intended by the participants. I just  attribute
> > that to the inability ( for me at least )  to transfer the texture, color
> > and nuance of the spoken word
>
> That (a  etc. can only go so far), and as I've said before in so many
> words, I think of Barktopus as more of a scratchpad for raw/rough ideas, so
> I think most posts would undergo considerable refinement if intended for,
> say, a letter to an editor or whatnot.

Ain't that the truth.

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