Actually, I took it as a hypocritical attempt to convince some of the readers
that the attack was not an attack. I never thought for a moment that it was
an attempt to "assuage" anything.
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On a separate issue, has anyone used the LVA Palms 50% off coupon in their spa? Was wondering if it could be used for an assuage there? In a message dated 12/2/2004 12:40:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, rockofjello333@yahoo.com writes:
including some
kind of disclaimer in the middle of a flaming diatribe doesn't
soften the impact in the slightest, and instead is a hypocritical
attempt to assuage one's conscience from the feeling that his tone
may have been somewhat overboard.
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