my reply to ms. x

[jason.frank@xxxxxxx]

hey,

i got an off list email from a party who was particularly 
upset with some remarks i recently made to the list. i 
tried to respond to her but received the following.
{

[auto-generated response from msx@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

 Thank you for responding to my ad -- unfortunately, the 
ad was placed over 6 
 months ago & I can't get it off the site.  

 peace,

 ms X
}

since i apparently have no way to answer the charges 
she's made against me {

 Adults won't flame you, they'll just blacklist you.  
I've gotten this email
 forwarded to me from two different sources so far (with 
annotations to the
 effect of "watch out for this infant"), and I will do my 
best to spread it
 around.  

}

i've really been left with no choice but to post my 
response here.{


can i plead my case?

first of all, this email is being taken completely out of 
context. it was sent to a relatively small sub-genre 
electronic music mailing list with the intention of 
sparking off a bit of lively discussion. i purposefully 
exagerated a view point to draw commentary out on the 
discussion list. i hoped that doing as much would help 
the list, as well as the responder, to get a better idea 
about the underlying thoughts and feelings existing on 
the issue. these views could then be debated, openly.

as, however, there was merely one reply to this email, i 
assumed that no one was inflamed enough to care. i 
actually thought that perhaps i should've taken a more 
overtly opinion to stir things up. 

actually, i would be very interested in discussing, with 
you, which portions of the email were particularly 
offensive to you and why that was. please reply to this 
email.

btw, black list me from what, exactly? and also, i'm not 
sure why you would want to further circulate such a 
poorly written email. obviously it was the work of ten 
seconds and has no discernible point or argument. i mean, 
don't we all get too much email anyway.
}

please pass this on to the proper party. 

thanks.