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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: The Return of Michael Monkey
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:32:56 +0000
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On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 2:27:28 +0000, George J. Dance wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:54:22 +0000, Will Dockery wrote:
>
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 7:40:51 +0000, Will Dockery wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 21:00:16 +0000, George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> from
>>>>> https://www.novabbs.com/arts/article-flat.php?id=253903&group=alt.arts.poetry.comments#253903
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:22:04 +0000, Michael Monkey aka "HarryLime"
>>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> MMP: My literary journal was created to highlight the best examples of
>>>>>> poetry from AAPC's various members.  The best poetry by Member G does
>>>>>> not necessarily measure up to the best poetry of Member J.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As Mr. Dance has so ably demonstrated above, his own poem left no traces
>>>>>> on my memory.
>>>>>
>>>>> MMP's memory lapses are something I'm sure we're all familiar with by
>>>>> now. But let us remember what else I just ably demonstrated: that back
>>>>> in 2021 (when he was still hoping to recruit me as an ally) he
>>>>> considered Possibilities one of "the best examples of poetry" on AAPC.
>>>>
>>>> This deserves an underscore as an example of Michael Pendragon's biased
>>>> behavior.
>>>
>>> Indeed. I'm not sure if you remeber that statement of his that I called
>>> a statement of his editorial philosophy:
>>>
>>> <quote>
>>> "You divide everyone into two categories: potential allies and potential
>>> adversaries. You slurp the writings of your potential allies and attack
>>> those of your potential adversaries."
>>>
>>> "When [someone] Jim is seen as a potential ally, you request his poetry.
>>> When he
>>> is seen as an adversary, you assign a childish name to him and claim he
>>> can't write." </q>
>>>
>>> source text:
>>> https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/hDYKsC5l5Ew/m/IR5NzWPJBQAJ?hl=en
>>>
>>> That also fully describes his critical philosophy. No more need be said,
>>> but it can't be said often enough.
>>>
>>> snip
>>
>> In other words, Michael Pendragon is basically a two faced liar.
>
> Well, not exactly, It means he comes across as no different from a
> two-faced liar, but I think his mental state is more complex than that I
> should open a new threat where we can talk about that.

Sounds good, and to avoid confusion with new readers, from now on I'll
just refer to Pendragon by his new chosen alias Harry Lime.

>> And so it goes.
>>
>> 🙂