Alice2,
We’re a tad over the two-month mark since I’ve last sent a substantive email to you. You haven’t sent me a reply in kind.
I’ve asked you for one before, to which you said you’ve formulated one and have long since sent it; I haven’t received it to this very day.
Per your recommendation I’ve checked my filters, sifted through my junk email, and even asked that you forward a copy to Nyan. Nothing but dust and echoes.
I’ll give you another chance to send it again. Though, past this, I’m starting to think that maybe you’d rather not continue our little discussion.
And it really is a shame, Alice2. I’m very fond of our long-form conversations. It lends further credence to my claim that these kinds of matters are fairly complicated.
They necessitate a kind of lengthy deliberation. How long has it been that we’ve been talking about this? Approaching ten months now, by my estimation.
Since then we’ve gotten to the nitty-gritty of it all; I’ve been convinced of a fair amount and had to change my presuppositions as a consequence.
I could only imagine what changes have occurred on your end. Though, I’d rather not imagine; I’d rather have you tell me.
But as far as I can tell, you’re reluctant to even talk to me at this point. Has this disagreement really soured our relationship? Has being in the wrong given you that much pause?
Our exchanges could be characterized as bitey at some points, but it’s nothing insurmountable. Surely not for you.
Perhaps some of my claims levied against you are weighty, but I’d never expect you to go perfectly silent. Defend yourself and make a counter-argument, by all means.
Contrary to what you may believe, I want to believe that you did not perpetrate such deplorable acts on purpose. I want you to show me that they were justified.
In truth, I’m not comfortable with getting in the last word. It isn’t my wish to assert moral superiority here, that’s not my business. I’m talking to you as one despicable person to another.
However, if you truly did make a mistake, I want to see you correct it. ‘Own it’, as you put it, do the right thing or justify your actions.
I realize this may have the implication that you have to answer to me, as if I’m the judge that dictates the standard to which you should carry yourself.
It’s not an entirely faulty conceptualization. I think you’d agree that there is some utility that lies in a challenge. Especially when that challenge is in the interest of others.
Be that as it may, the way I see it, failure to correct your behavior or at least justify it counts as a concrete transgression. A conscious refusal to do what we both know to be right.
I’d reckon that it’s your pride or dishonesty that prevents you from doing it. It isn’t anything new. Change is painful as we’re all too in love with the worst part of ourselves.
So I don’t expect it to come easily at all, and I expect you to fail. Absolutely everyone falls short of the ideal, that’s why it’s an ideal.
That being said, I hope you exercise a little more humility, moving forward. That this incident serves as a reminder that even you, Alice2, are no absolute authority on any matter.
-2B
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