[open quote] ...at various instances we might have made some scathing and, to some people, inflammatory remarks about the way braiding topics have been and still are being dealt with. Although these remarks are more than justified, especially there where it concerns people who are supposed to be knowledgeable in their field... ...the purpose of those scathing and to some people inflammatory remarks referred to above should, however, be seen to stress the utmost importance in the necessity of correcting false and misleading concepts, and are certainly not meant to offend anyone, but rather to awaken those leaving in dreamland. [end quote] THE BRAIDER- appendix 2009 - in a final note concerning the material dealt in the SIXTY ISSUES of THE BRAIDER. A French philosopher was shorter in words but as intellectually violent ! "Without the freedom to make critical remarks, there cannot exist sincere flattering praise" -Beaumarchais. |