12-29-2008, 11:28 AM
jackson Wrote:Ham --
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None of this stuff matters. I didn't leave because of being bullied by some immiginary force of anti-Quinnites. I left because my real life suddenly became more important than "board life." So, the characterization that I was somehow bullied into silence is utter crap.
I'm not silent -- I just have nothing to say about DL.
Hope you all had a very Happy Christmas, and all the best of the New Year to you.
Have a nice day,
Quinn
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family. Tough season for both your B.C. Lions and Big Kahuna (Surrey) Rams. (That's Canadian football for Aussies Peter French and George Brown!) My Sask Riders came up short again and didn't get a chance to defend their 2007 Grey Cup victory. Ah, the vagaries of the game of football ...
I'm glad to hear that your absence from the DL fora wasn't due to either a) the outrageous criticism from a vocal group of DL experts or b) the vicious attacks of Neilist (sp?). No one can legitimately criticise you or your tenure in the DL universe if you left on your own terms as you have now told us. Perhaps part of the problem was that people inferred something else, due, in part, to the uncharacteristic silence surrounding your most recent departure.
If people are going to leave, my personal preference is that they leave without much fanfare; that's in stark contrast to the spectacle that occurs very time Uncle Janko feels the need to take a brief respite. However, when you, QTJ, choose to be engaged you generally are the thick of the dialogue here and therefore you are immediately conspicuous by your absence. This leads to all types of speculation that you've been coerced to some degree by Gus, Gollin, Bear, etc. or by Neilist perhaps, with some type of subtle threat to your professional or literary livelihood.
If you have nothing to say about DL --- then so be it. No hard feelings, actually just the opposite ... I think that everyone is richer for your very significant contributions to the dialogue in this field. Please feel free to drop in when the spirit moves you. Continued success in your future endeavors.