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- From: terry@thisbe.npd.Novell.COM (Terry Lambert)
- Subject: Re: Exercising Caution When Making Attributions (was Re: ... Boycott)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.204959.20048@gateway.novell.com>
- Followup-To: alt.flame
- Sender: terry@thisbe (Terry Lambert)
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- References: <1992Sep3.182039.12552@gateway.novell.com> <1992Sep4.030548.22188@news.acns.nwu.edu> <1992Sep4.055239.17075@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1992Sep4.134040.982@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 20:49:59 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- Vajk quoting me out of context in an ad hominim attack and demonstrating his
- uncanny native ability to change news header information, in this case the
- "Newsgroups:" line, which would have directed his post to "alt.flame":
-
- |> >Obviously this veiled reference to your editing of the "Newsgroups:" line
- |> >and your inability to clearly attribute origin of thought has escaped you.
- |> >I will explain: It was a veiled reference to your editing of the
- |> >"Newsgroups:" line and your inability to clearly attribute origin of thought.
- |>
- |> >I realize that this is repetitive, but I thought it was such an important
- |> >point that had to say it twice.
- |>
- |> I see. I sort of figured that once the frenzy of which you accuse others
- |> took full command, the coherence problem would also surface.
-
- I am sorry to hear that "the frenzy" has taken command of you, and
- that in so doing it has put the spotlight on your coherency problem (so aptly
- demonstrated in your posting above).
-
- It's not the fact that everyone was already aware that you have such
- a problem from reading your articles, but your frank admission of the problem,
- that gives me hope for your future as a contributing member of society.
-
- |> Most folks attribute the origin of thought to some deity or another.
-
- I am also happy to see that you appear to be taking advantage of the
- services of a member of the clergy in your efforts to deal with the problem.
- You should probably stop short of exorcism, lest you end up in limbo with a
- nice guy inhabiting your body.
-
- |> And good luck with yuor recovery.
-
- Thanks for the sentiment. I didn't think that word of hard drive
- failures on academic machines spread so quickly. Luckily I am meticulous
- about saving every scrap of information that passes my screen, and have
- adequate backups.
-
- Terry Lambert
- terry_lambert@gateway.novell.com
- terry@icarus.weber.edu
-
- ---
- Disclaimer: Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of
- my present or previous employers.
-