To: ltownsend3@juno.com Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 09:32:55 -0700 Subject: Re: letter received You will not be responding? Well, I didn't see that coming. This appears to be a total reneging on your thrice-repeated assurances to me that you *would* be responding. This now presents us with a couple of glaringly obtrusive questions. First, *why* will you not be responding? Given your announced intention of not responding, the next minimum level of honorability you can meet, or not, is to provide a clear and forthright statement as to exactly *why* you will not be responding. Second, at what point during the past nine months, during which time I have been patiently waiting for you to honor your word, did you come to this decision? On Thu, 6 May 2004 22:34:59 GMT ltownsend3@juno.com writes: > > I will not be responding. > > _________________________________________________________________________ __ > Earn $20 for every new person you bring to Juno Platinum or Juno > SpeedBand. > To learn how, go to http://www.juno.com/refer > > ----__JNP_000_3b78.093d.1707 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello Louise,

Several weeks have gone by with no reply to my previous e-mail, in = which I=20 posed a pair of sharply pertinent questions about your behaviour.

I take it that what this means is that not only will you not be = responding=20 on the basis of The Thing Itself (i.e. the objective, external component of= our=20 dispute), you will also not be responding to the meta-level question = of why=20 you are not responding.

And, I assume, if I were next to present a meta-meta-level question to= you,=20 by demanding an explanation of why you will not responding to my demand for= an=20 explanation of why you will not be responding, you will not be=20 responding to that either.

And so on, ad infinitum.

In other words, you are stifling all possible discourse with me, on = every=20 conceivable level, about the important moral and intellectual issues I have= =20 raised.

Is this correct?

This appears obvious, but to remove all possible ambiguity, let me = present=20 it to you this way: if this is *not* correct, please let me know. = Please=20 let me know how far up the ladder of meta-questions I must go before=20 you are willing to give a response, and how soon I might expect = to=20 receive such a response. And please let me know these things within a = reasonably=20 short time frame, say within a couple of weeks of this e-mail.

Otherwise I think I may reasonably assume that as far as communication= with=20 me is concerned, you have shut yourself up as tight as an oyster.

Thank you,

Andrew

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From: Andrew Hammoude &= lt;hammoude@juno.com>
To: ltownsend3@juno.com
Date: Sun, 9= May=20 2004 09:32:55 -0700
Subject: Re: letter received

You will not be responding?

Well, I didn't see that coming.

This appears to be a total reneging on your thrice-repeated assurances= to=20 me that you *would* be responding.

This now presents us with a couple of glaringly obtrusive questions.

First, *why* will you not be responding? Given your announced = intention of=20 not responding, the next minimum level of honorability you can meet, or not= , is=20 to provide a clear and forthright statement as to exactly *why* you will = not be=20 responding.

Second, at what point during the past nine months, during which time I= have=20 been patiently waiting for you to honor your word, did you come to this=20 decision?

On Thu, 6 May 2004 22:34:59 GMT ltownsend3@juno.com writes:
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> I will not be responding.
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>=20 _________________________________________________________________________=20 __
> Earn $20 for every new person you bring to Juno Platinum or Juno= =20
> SpeedBand.
> To learn how, go to http://www.juno.com/refer
> <= BR>>=20

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