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- From: learn@speedy.acns.nwu.edu (William J. Vajk)
- Subject: Re: Exercising Caution When Making Attributions (was Re: ... Boycott)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.030548.22188@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Sender: usenet@news.acns.nwu.edu (Usenet on news.acns)
- Organization: Dares No Organization Like Dis Orgainzation
- References: <1992Sep2.171951.22044@gateway.novell.com> <1992Sep3.141452.6937@news.acns.nwu.edu> <1992Sep3.182039.12552@gateway.novell.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 03:05:48 GMT
- Lines: 49
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- In article <1992Sep3.182039.12552@gateway.novell.com> Terry Lambert writes:
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- >In article <1992Sep3.141452.6937@news.acns.nwu.edu> William J. Vajk writes:
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- >>Have you now, carelessly, atributed the entire boycott recommendation to
- >>be my idea?
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- >Bill is quite correct. Due to his inability to correctly attribute quotes
- >within his followup posting, he appeared to be the individual under fire.
-
- Come on, Terry. The article came up with three previous inclusions, and
- two attributions as I received and reposted. You simply selected some
- handy victim for your example. Could have been anyone associated
- with the thread, eh? Still your error, and not excusable by this path.
- Excusable by apology, yes.
-
- >I am somewhat chagrined at the tone of his public posting here,
- >given his rather less caustic email to myself, but it fits with what he
- >has stated as an intent to "stir up the shit", as it were.
-
- Terry, you attribute statements you THINK I made to me, concepts with
- which I disagree completely, and you think I should be nice and polite
- and kind and wimpy in saying "oh, gee whiz, I think you might have made
- a mistake, would you please go back and check your attributions because I
- don't think I ever in my whole entire life ever stated, thought, or conveyed
- such an idea....indeed, I haven't even lusted......" ???
-
- > Since this is a followup of his demand for retraction, which appears
- >to be a followup of my article, this will hopefully receive the same level
- >of distribution, as I must assume he has not editted his references yet
- >again, this time perhaps including the "Newsgroups:" line.
-
- Someone played nasty games with you and now you're paranoid????
-
- Takes a smallish mind to do that stuff.
-
- On the other hand, I assume this statement to be an indication that
- you are unable to read or modify (perhaps you don't understand how to
- operate standard Usenet software???? Perhaps yop aren't using
- standard Usenet software ????) articles in toto and thus it would
- also explain other misunderstandings by extension.
-
- As far as the minor flaming you included, tis a fine flame and well
- worth the smile especially when one realizes dear old Jay to have
- scored 100% wrong again in his commentaries regarding these proceedings.
-
- Duh...Hi Jay :-)
-
- Bill Vajk
-