[CBFF] Intro

[Jim Ferolie]

>From what I have observed, in having met the man and being the No. 1 target 
of his attacks for at least two years (from the time Chuck left), I believe 
that is a fair assessment.

Too bad it does not excuse his lack of apology. When I say something that 
incites people and gets them upset at me, I can't imagine them thinking I 
meant a jesting remark seriously. It would eat at me forever. To pretend 
that it's someone else's problem, that they can't take a joke because you 
didn't craft it properly, that's the real issue.

Why is it that that damn bastard Jerry knows that when I call him names I'm 
joking? Because sometimes we talk like friends. Because if I said something 
that was taken harshly, I don't assume it was Jerry's fault. KCS just takes 
everything and builds and builds and builds. That's a serious problem, and I 
had hoped that with Chuck and Jerry and I gone and him getting a break from 
the tension it would have changed. Very sad that it has not.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Lake" <sdlake at gmail.com>


> As one who has been in Kevin's home, I found him friendly and hospitable 
> but
> also possessing what I could only categorize as 'New Yorker' manners--a
> biting tongue that takes pleasure in verbal sparring, often with a 
> personal
> edge.  He and the late Steve Leiter were going at each other throughout 
> the
> whole game.  And none of it was meant in a spirit of meanness or hatred
> because you could see the look on a face, hear the tone of a voice or just
> dismiss the edge because it never really lingered in the air.
>
> The atmospherics of Kevin's cherished mode of communication do not 
> translate
> well to written form.