Ukridge
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- Aug 27, 2002
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Dear and gentle readers
It has come to my attention that I have done many of you a grave injustice. Was it that as one who enjoys the Star network I decided to jump on an American flight to New York, or worse, enjoy a flight on Virgin or BA? No, unfortunately something much worse.
The pressures on those of you that work for United Airlines are incontravertibly heavy. The future, while indeed presenting glimmers of hope, is still wrought with problems that must be quickly and adroitly solved.
On the pages of this forum many of these very problems were the topics of disputation. Many posters were mere bomb-throwers who wrote before thinking or never thought at all. Many were informed, measured, and perceptive posters who were able to realize the gravity of the situation yet approach this in a systematic manner just as any mathematician would tackle an equation. I have grown to admire some of the astringent thought that many have applied to the difficulties at hand. Just as we in Britain have a shadow cabinet, it seems that many here have performed well as a shadow CEO - sifting the information available and supporting or adding critique to the actions of Mr. Tilton
as necessary.
Into these discussions however, stepped your curious observer Ukridge. Peppering you with questions from far afield I seemed to have unintentionally lured Mr. Munn to the United side of the forum. The large and bold font and proclamations of United's imminent demise are now a mainstay on these pages. Although he has all the rights to post under the United banner (some would argue more right than I as he is in the industry) I feel that I owe my fellow readers the most heartfelt of apologies. What have I rendered? He claims that I provoked him into addressing us. Yet now I see a plethora of missives under his name. A result of provocation or an excuse to expand his audience? As with divining the motives of Mr. Tilton I do not cliam to know the hearts of man.
Whilst young, we would often come to scraps on the football pitch. A simple handshake would make all right under the heavens. Yet, this damage may be more grave - is it indeed into verbal exile with me? Can I proffer a handshake to make all right after this which I have visited upon you?
What is also serious is that I have unleashed our erstwhile classics scholar on a campaign of labeling individuals as sophists. I see that one such reader (737nch11)this very morne suffered this branding. With all deference to the studied british classics commentator Peter Jones (yes he is real and writes a column called Ancient and Modern in the Spectator) I would posit that if someone merely submits an argument that by happenstance may be wrong, it is not prima facie evidence of sophistry.
So, readers. I apologize for what I have done. My mistake is apparently something we all will have to live with. As my mother used to say, the difference between wit and witless is only four simple letters
It has come to my attention that I have done many of you a grave injustice. Was it that as one who enjoys the Star network I decided to jump on an American flight to New York, or worse, enjoy a flight on Virgin or BA? No, unfortunately something much worse.
The pressures on those of you that work for United Airlines are incontravertibly heavy. The future, while indeed presenting glimmers of hope, is still wrought with problems that must be quickly and adroitly solved.
On the pages of this forum many of these very problems were the topics of disputation. Many posters were mere bomb-throwers who wrote before thinking or never thought at all. Many were informed, measured, and perceptive posters who were able to realize the gravity of the situation yet approach this in a systematic manner just as any mathematician would tackle an equation. I have grown to admire some of the astringent thought that many have applied to the difficulties at hand. Just as we in Britain have a shadow cabinet, it seems that many here have performed well as a shadow CEO - sifting the information available and supporting or adding critique to the actions of Mr. Tilton
as necessary.
Into these discussions however, stepped your curious observer Ukridge. Peppering you with questions from far afield I seemed to have unintentionally lured Mr. Munn to the United side of the forum. The large and bold font and proclamations of United's imminent demise are now a mainstay on these pages. Although he has all the rights to post under the United banner (some would argue more right than I as he is in the industry) I feel that I owe my fellow readers the most heartfelt of apologies. What have I rendered? He claims that I provoked him into addressing us. Yet now I see a plethora of missives under his name. A result of provocation or an excuse to expand his audience? As with divining the motives of Mr. Tilton I do not cliam to know the hearts of man.
Whilst young, we would often come to scraps on the football pitch. A simple handshake would make all right under the heavens. Yet, this damage may be more grave - is it indeed into verbal exile with me? Can I proffer a handshake to make all right after this which I have visited upon you?
What is also serious is that I have unleashed our erstwhile classics scholar on a campaign of labeling individuals as sophists. I see that one such reader (737nch11)this very morne suffered this branding. With all deference to the studied british classics commentator Peter Jones (yes he is real and writes a column called Ancient and Modern in the Spectator) I would posit that if someone merely submits an argument that by happenstance may be wrong, it is not prima facie evidence of sophistry.
So, readers. I apologize for what I have done. My mistake is apparently something we all will have to live with. As my mother used to say, the difference between wit and witless is only four simple letters
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