Subject: Sorry, but Gary (Re: About Dave....)
From: eaiu085@orion.oac.UCI.EDU (David Cotelessa)
Date: 1990-11-20, 00:24
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Gary, I'm sorry about my suggestion on how other readers can
block off what they don't want to hear.  My reason for such action
is that I get pissed after hearing a constant arsenal of dislike
towards Twin Peaks, so when I found such comments infecting the newsgroup,
I had to speak my mind, (just like you do).

  This is a personal apology to all others offended, as well.

----READ ON IF YOU WANT TO HEAR PROBLEMS ABOUT GARY'S ASSULT ON DAVE-----------

HOWEVER, I repeat, HOWEVER, I don't think Gary's critisms were well
based against me and I found them to be quite insulting to me.  Comments
about Gary thinking I said that the show was "mine" are false.  If you read
closely, I said "our."  Therefore, if you see watch the show, you are
part of the group I was refering to.  Gary is part of that group.  But it seems
that Gary immediately took the defensive, mistaking "our" for "my."
This brings me to the point about Gary saying that he watches TP, but
doesn't find the show as great as others.  So why watch it?  I had a hunch that
Gary watched the show, and secretly liked it, but I'm only human and capable
of errors.  Anyways, I wanted to point out that people watching T.V.shows want
to be entertained. I only watch an hour and one-half hours of T.V. a
week, because most T.V. is bad.  If T.V.does not entertain me, I find other
sources of entertainment, usually movies, books, newspapers, and music varying
from classical to foriegn rock groups.  But to watch a non-entertaining show,
then insult it, and watch more of the same show sounds like a love affair that is over but the couple don't want to break up. Gary, do you like TP or dislike
TP?  To what degree of like/dislike do you have towards TP?  If you like
it at all, then continue to view it for whatever amount of pleasure you get.
If you don't like it, stop.
As for insults, I try not to listen.  I listen only to criticism, well-founded and provacative.  So when Gary or any other person can convince me
logically that TP is terrible,  I'll reduce my T.V. viewing time to half-hour.
But until then, I'll watch.
My final comments: posts that intend to get someone pissed, or "flames,"
create a mass hatred towards the one who posted the flame.  This hatred
is the "suffering" I refered to in my post.  This may seem like small
potatoes to Gary and others, but if you knew that a nation-wide mob was out
to get you, wouldn't you be a bit paranoid?  I don't personally challenge
Gary; I'm just a messenger from a winning armada that wants vengeance.
(Gary, thanks to you I have grown enough maturity to admit my
shortcomings about posting "flames."  How about you?)

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THE BOY NEXT DOOR (this door is closer that you think...) Dave
My Address   : dcoteles@bonnie.ics.uci.edu
If Fails, try: eaiu085@orion.oac.uci.edu
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P.S. - Gary, glad you watch Twin Peaks.  For a show that supposedly "has no
       plot", it's kept a lot of people's attention, red herrings and all.