Biblical Hebrew Forum

[alanf00 AT home.com]

Dear Harold,

I appreciate your comments and mostly agree with them. My point 
in posting in this manner is to show what I see as hypocrisy on 
Washburn's part. Rather than keeping things low key and 
academic, time after time I've seen him become harsh and insulting 
-- exactly what you are properly chiding me for. I think that in some 
instances turn about is fair play. Therefore I think you should 
carefully look at Washburn's remarks again, and you'll see how 
harsh, unloving, bitter and provocative he often is. He is simply less 
overt about it than I have been.

I enjoy the academic discussions on this list, even though I'm not 
qualified to comment on anything directly to do with Hebrew. I see 
a great contrast between various posters, many of whom I've come 
to respect. Washburn consistently displays arrogance and it 
irritates me that he shows such disrespect for other posters. I'm 
less squeamish about calling a spade a spade than most 
academics.

I won't comment any more on this topic.

Alan Feuerbacher