John, I understand your point exactly. When I referred to Dr. Cross's "horrific" episode, it was based entire on various elements his vague claim, and not from clarification of facts and details. My mistake. I often err on the side of knee-jerk empathy.
With regards to various some folk's unpleasant encounters with Raoul Duke, of course, he will speak for himself, and I cannot justify. All I know, as I said before, is that many of his previous postings resonate with me, and often articulate my own feelings and experiences. I do think he is a wise, sensitive, and compassionate guy. Obviously, not everyone agrees with me.(And I only "know" him from this forum. We have no previous personal history together.)
Again, I think it's quite unfortunate that James Cross's posting set in motion such a domino effect of bitter exchanges. I think somewhere in all of this madness, everyone has a point, but Dr. Cross has (to date) walked away from it all, "fiddling as Rome burns..."
- Foreign Teachers incident at Gannan Normal College Ganzhou - Teachers Discussion -- James Cross -- 2006-07-22
- Dr James Cross vs Gannan Normal College - Teachers Discussion -- John -- 2006-07-22
- Trouble at Gannan - Teachers Discussion -- Yingwen Laoshi -- 2006-07-23
- Dr Cross vs Gannan Normal College - Teachers Discussion -- John -- 2006-07-23
- Re: Gannan Normal College - Teachers Discussion -- carlito bragante -- 2007-04-25
- Gannan Normal Uni - Teachers Discussion -- wally -- 2006-07-27
- John vs Every Foreign Teacher in China - Teachers Discussion *Link* -- Raoul Duke -- 2006-07-24
- For Mr Duke - Teachers Discussion -- John -- 2006-07-25
- All in how ya see it... - Teachers Discussion -- Raoul Duke -- 2006-07-26
- Your Biased Discourse - Teachers Discussion -- Ginger Grant -- 2006-07-26
- Raoul Duke - Teachers Discussion -- The Earthling -- 2006-07-26
- Response to 'The Earthling' - Teachers Discussion -- John -- 2006-07-26
- Don't Dismiss The Duke - Teachers Discussion -- Frank -- 2006-07-27
- Your Biased Discourse - Teachers Discussion -- Ginger Grant -- 2006-07-26
- All in how ya see it... - Teachers Discussion -- Raoul Duke -- 2006-07-26
- Gannan Normal Uni - Teachers Discussion -- wally -- 2006-07-27
- Re: Gannan Normal College - Teachers Discussion -- carlito bragante -- 2007-04-25
- Dr Cross vs Gannan Normal College - Teachers Discussion -- John -- 2006-07-23
- "The Devil is in the details," as they say... - Teachers Discussion -- Frank -- 2006-07-22
- Paging Dr. Cross... Paging Dr. Cross... - Teachers Discussion -- Frank -- 2006-07-27
- How can you know, Frank? How can you know? - Teachers Discussion -- John -- 2006-07-27
- My mistake - Teachers Discussion -- Frank -- 2006-07-27
- Thank-you, Frank! - Teachers Discussion -- John -- 2006-07-28
- My mistake - Teachers Discussion -- Frank -- 2006-07-27
- How can you know, Frank? How can you know? - Teachers Discussion -- John -- 2006-07-27
- My reaction to your dilemma - Teachers Discussion -- AMonk -- 2006-07-22
- Reaction - Teachers Discussion -- Bill Jacot -- 2007-04-27
- Bad English - Teachers Discussion -- Em -- 2007-04-26
- Rely to Emily - Teachers Discussion -- AMonk -- 2007-04-27
- AMONK - Teachers Discussion -- wally -- 2006-07-30
- I stand by my posting - Teachers Discussion -- AMonk -- 2006-07-30
- Bad English - Teachers Discussion -- Em -- 2007-04-26
- First place to call... - Teachers Discussion *Link* -- Raoul Duke -- 2006-07-22
- Trouble at Gannan - Teachers Discussion -- Yingwen Laoshi -- 2006-07-23
- Dr James Cross vs Gannan Normal College - Teachers Discussion -- John -- 2006-07-22