Posted: Sep 07, 2012 11:47 am
Calilasseia wrote:Time for a spot of history.
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It simply remains for me to say, that having now enjoyed over two years of my tenure here at RatSkep, a big word of thanks is due not only to LIFE for providing a new ship, and to the many disparate individuals who make up the community here, whose contributions are valuable whether they're of a scientific or social nature, but also to the people over on the other vessel over at Rationalia, sailing a sometimes parallel course, sometimes engaging in zig-zagging of their own about the discoursive oceans, and whom I am not going to abandon in their own hour of need, as they find themselves subject to undeserved, and lately, wholly gratuitous shellfire.
Although I disagree with you as regards the on-going validity of mythology---but not, I hasten to add---as a substitute for either science or history, I thought this was a beautiful statement of appreciation of RatSkep, and in particular, of the community, which RD et al. tossed aside without a thought.
I, too, would like to thank all those who preserved bits of the old forum (chiefly Nineberry
). Not because I've gone back to that stuff, but rather because I know what a labour of love that kind of archiving can require (although maybe not so much for someone as tech-saavy as Neun?)