......I'll stay right here fighting the good fight against people who can't seem to comprehend the concept of absolution of transgressions and absolute love without qualification.
milum,
It's good to hear you say that. Anu created this place for us to romp around and delight in words. I cannot thank him enough for all the time and effort he devoted to this. I too will show my gratitude and respect by keeping this place the way he intended it to be.
Faldage, in his invitation to another board, said "in simply discussing words without a lot of interpersonal relationship stuff" [you] might try-----
without a lot of interpersonal relationship stuff" that phrase is the key to what caused a lot of unpleasantness.
Faldage, in his wisdom, got it right.
And these Anu's words say it all and we should remind ourselves of them, like a mantra, lest we forget what he created this board for.
This online community of wordlovers is bigger than any one person,
be it Keiva, Jackie, Anu, or anyone else. Let's not make this an
"either him or me" issue. Perhaps we can learn from English -- it accepts words
from all languages whether it's what some consider a "barbaric" tongue,
or a "refined" one. If we do not like a particular word, all we have
to do is ignore it, we do not need to tear out that page from the
dictionary. I do hope Jackie will be back as she has contributed
a lot and we all need her special love sprinkled on the board.
