Doug Henwood wrote:
> And then there's the neo-primitivist line, nicely exemplified by this
> creepy rant from Auto-Free Times,
> Auto-Free Times - Winter 1999
>
> OUR [emph. added] relationship [snip] nearly severed, leaving US
> without the [SNIP] allowed for OUR evolution.
While there are too many exceptions to make it a general rule, the use of the first person plural is always a potential mark of creepiness. Kenneth Burke has some good things on the tricks that "we" can play.
Carrol