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Friday, September 08, 2006
Blogoscopy: Rhinestone Cowboys Moribund sprezzatura Lee Siegel and New Republic editor Leon Wieseltier reflect, in very similar language, on the spill they just took: “It never occurred to me” that it was wrong, the 48-year-old Mr. Siegel said of his frame of mind at the time. “This is really cowboy territory, with very few boundaries. I think now that it was wrong. I assumed an alias, I guess, because I didn’t want to stoop to their level, not realizing that I was stooping to their level.” Quite manly, this idea of the blogosphere as a big ol' shootout type thing ... But note the event that sent Siegel over the edge: ...Just prior, in early August, Mr. Siegel’s wife had given birth to their first child; by this point, the baby was colicky and Mr. Siegel was operating, he said, on three hours of sleep a night. Finally, after a few more days of online back and forth, he obviously couldn’t take it any more, and “sprezzatura” came raging forth... And what came raging forth from Siegel's wife? Did she assume the name "chiaroscuro" and attack Instapundit? |