<Well, thanks, Shane, but I know very well who Diane Gies is. In fact, I've "known" her for 10 or 15 years. That wasn't my question to you.>

Actually your question was: (2001-02-25 22:32:29)

< I didn't mention Diane Gies in any way, shape or form and I have no idea what she has to do with this conversation. Is she on this list and did I miss her posts?>

But since I've already answered that one (2001-02-25 23:10) I'm going to answer your other question:

< My question was why you suddenly accused me of mistaking you for her in a conversation that had nothing to do with her (or with slash, for that matter).>

I refer you to the original post sent 2001-02-23 20:06 PM, the relevant excerpt from which I quote here:

You said:

Fans, wherever they are from,

tend to like what they want to like and, in the case of fan writers, write what they want to write. I think everybody all around would be a lot

happier

if they would give up the notion of thinking they can somehow "control"

the

direction of an entire fandom.

And I said:

<Never said I wanted to change your mind. If you want to try to change mine, feel free, but what you said goes double. I think you're confusing me with Diane Gies.>

Now, Diane Gies' policy on slash *is* undeniably an attempt to control the direction of an entire fandom, I think you'd agree. You accused me, albeit indirectly, of trying to do that; I denied the accusation, for reasons which I made clear in my post sent 2001-02-25, 23:10 PM, and which I quote here:

<I may not like slash, but I wouldn't back any policy which prevents people from doing what they like, as long as it isn't hurting anyone else.>

If you accuse me-- who doesn't in the slightest _care_ what direction fandom goes in, so long as it's not hurting anyone-- of trying to control fandom, you are in a sense likening me to Ms Gies. Is it so surprising that I resent the implication?

Shane

"Where there's life, there's threat." --Servalan