Re: Subject: [Harp-L] Garden State Harmonica Festival Sucked/ NO WAY!

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 11/23/2009 3:44:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
wlb@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

I made my explanation  post already before reading this tirade from you 
Elizabeth. Thanks so much for  reacting in the manner that you have. It is much 
 appreciated. 
Warren  Bee


So sorry you're qualifying what I wrote as a 'tirade', Warren.  I put my 
post on the 'ell' as a way for you to use to  explain your off-beat and 
sarcastic sense of humour.

Because I get the list in digest form and left for an appointment  
immediately after sending it in, I hadn't yet read your explanation as to why  you'd 
deliberately write a provocative post to stimulate responses about  GSHC.  
 
Something doesn't quite fit, though...especially since I've now come  home 
to an extremely angry and upset phone message from you (which  certainly did 
qualify as a 'tirade'), pretty much refuting  your explanation that any 
publicity or conversation about the event is good  (if I'm reading your 
explanation right), since you seem to be  now 'shooting the messenger' - for trying 
to tell you about other  people's reactions to that singular post of 
yours....the one meant to stir up  precisely that reaction?
 
 Not once did I say that I thought you meant what you'd written  (if you 
bothered to actually read my words instead of reacting).  Frankly I  thought 
someone had hacked your computer or written the post without your  knowledge, 
since you rarely (and I'd made this clear too) made typos or failed  to 
sign your posts sans your Entertainment Director title. I gave you every  
opening imaginable to explain. It's odd you didn't mention in my return phone  
call to you exactly what you'd fired off to me in response.
 
You've most definitively shown your intent in this current post  to me. Why 
the sarcasm and payback if the response you got was  what you were aiming 
for all along?  Doesn't compute.
 
I guess the old adage about 'a good offense is the best defense' is  
absolutely true. Wot?
 
 
Elizabeth