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Originally Posted by Disinfo Agent
I believe you. Even though I used your initial post to this thread as an inspiration for my first reply, I did not mean to criticise you directly. Your post was quite measured and reasonable, except for one thing: you complained about the elitist attitude of some 2001 fans, but never noticed that in this thread no such opinions were expressed. On the contrary, several of the replies to this thread (not yours) were rather crudely scornful of 2001 ("It's lame!" -- can you think of a lamer criticism?)
I just found it, well... shortsighted... to complain about the snobbery of 2001 fans in a thread where such snobbery was nowhere to be seen, while there were actually several examples of anti-intellectual 2001 egging, which is at least just as obnoxious.
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But I wasn't complaining about snobbery in this thread. I can't remember if there was any in evidence before my original statement, and whether I noticed there wasn't any (or not) is entirely unrelated to my making the statement in the first place. I was talking about the snobbery associated with the film in general.
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I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, was in no way fair comment and was motivated purely by malice. I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.
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