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- From: dauber@tattoo.mti.sgi.com (Jeff Dauber)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Are Gay Men Richer, Really?
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 23:57:23 GMT
- References: <C1A4Az.5EC@panix.com> <mattm-250193092916@mcmelmon.apple.com> <77557@apple.apple.COM> <1993Jan26.200906.23519@spdcc.com>
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- In article <1993Jan26.200906.23519@spdcc.com>, dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:
- |> In article <77557@apple.apple.COM> richard@Apple.COM (a flying squirrel) writes:
- |> >Clay Bond taught me, albeit indirectly, that sometimes it pays to read
- |> >past what appears, on the surface, to be hateful and vulgar.
- |>
- |> Clay Bond was never vulgar, or stupid, for that matter.
-
-
- I think that you are beatifying Clay. I can think of a number of times
- where he was hostile without reason/thought.
-
- |> >Several
- |> >years ago I would have reacted very differently to Matthew's contributions.
- |> >He is not for everyone; but then, who _is_ on this forum? There are gems
- |> >to be found amongst all that hard, black coal.
- |>
- |> With Melmon, what you see is what you get, mostly. And that's spite
- |> without much intelligence or wit to make him worth reading. Believe me,
- |> you're not doing him any favor by comparing him to Clay Bond.
-
-
- I don't know, I get the exact same enjoyment out of reading Matthew's
- postings as I did by reading Clay's. He gets a number of people here
- worked up while laughing at them. For that, I give him a lot of credit.
- This group has needed to be shaken up for a while.
-
-
- |> >Strong opinions? Sure. Do I agree with everything he says? No. But
- |> >hardly reasons to kill-file him. And he really _is_ funny at times.
- |>
- |> Be sure to point those times out.
-
-
- Uh-oh... George Madison syndrome strikes again. I find him funny.
- Our squirrel-y friend seems to find him funny as well... I think his
- stirring things up is hilarious.
-
- |>
- |> >My only regret is that he seems to have difficulties with people I feel
- |> >genuine friendship towards. But it is no different in my "real" (non-email)
- |> >life; there are people I simply do not mix together in social situations.
- |> >So?
- |>
- |> Yeah, well, be sure to keep this in mind if you're having an event
- |> the next time. I can't imagine anyone being particularly interested
- |> in actually meeting Melmon unless he had a personality transplant first.
-
- Fuck you Steve. I have met him. In fact, I searched him out.
-
- FWA
-