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Eating crow

• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• To: "xml-dev@x..." <xml-dev@x...>
• Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 10:16:53 -0400

The trouble with having a reputation for unflappable calm and rationality is
that when you *do* lose it, and begin to react emotionally, people suspect
you of cold-hearted manipulation.

Simon St. Laurent sent me a private email.  By mistake, I forwarded my response
to this mailing list.  I apologize for doing so.

To compound matters, I used an expression in that email which was not intended
for public consumption, and which has made for wounded feelings.  It was especially
open to misinterpretation by those lacking a perfect grasp of English-language
idiom.  It was not my intent to disparage any organization as contemptible.

I also wish to state that I wish Jonathan Borden every success in his attempt
to define an XML property set.

("Eating crow", BTW, means "publicly humbling oneself, particularly by
accepting what one has fought against".)

-- 

Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau,  || http://www.reutershealth.com
Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau,           || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
Und trank die Milch vom Paradies.            -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)

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