🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mar 2, 7:16 pm, "Peter F." <pete...@rey.prestel.co.uk> wrote:
> Franz Gnaedinger wrote:
>
> > Peter Farey wrote:
>
> > > Franz Gnaedinger wrote:
>
> > > > In the play 'Romeo and Juliet' a quarrelsome character
> > > > by the name of Tybalt seeks trouble,
>
> > > Tybalt is Juliet's cousin who, angered at Romeo (a Montague)
> > > gatecrashing the Capulets' ball - but being prevented by
> > > Capulet from challenging him at the time - has apparently
> > > sent a challenge to the Montagues' house and is now looking
> > > for him.
>
> > > > draws against Romeo's friend Mercutio,
>
> > > No he doesn't. Mercutio is the first to utter provocative
> > > words and neither draws initially.
>
> > > > this one also draws, a sword fight ensues,
>
> > > Not yet it doesn't. Romeo arrives, at which point Tybalt
> > > says "Here's my man", and tries to provoke him to fight.
> > > Romeo refuses (because this is Juliet's cousin), which
> > > angers Mercutio as a "vile submission", and he's determined
> > > to fight even if Romeo won't. He draws first, and some
> > > lines later Tybalt draws too.
>
> > > > Romeo intervenes, but in vain, he makes it only worse,
> > > > Mercutio falls,
>
> > > Romeo tries to beat down their swords, but in doing so
> > > allows Mercutio to be stabbed (under Romeo's arm). Tybalt
> > > flees and Mercutio, mortally wounded but still alive, is
> > > led away by Benvolio, who soon returns to say that he has
> > > died. Romeo decides that this death must be revenged.
>
> > > > whereupon Romeo takes revenge by killing Tybalt for
> > > > having murdered his good and funny friend.
>
> > > Tybalt returns and Romeo challenges him. They fight and
> > > Tybalt dies. Benvolio urges him to flee, which he does
> > > eventually.
>
> > > > Romeo was not guilty under Verona's law,
>
> > > The Prince arrives, and incensed that his prohibition of
> > > any such fighting has been ignored and his kinsman Mercutio
> > > killed, he banishes Romeo from Verona on pain of death.
>
> Interesting that you snipped all of those parts of your own
> report of what happened which I pointed out as being wrong.
> Seems to me that in order to have anything sensible to say
> about who wrote Shakespeare one should at least have a work-
> ing knowledge of what was written. You apparently don't.

If you were a regular of sci.lang, you would know that complete,
utter, and astronomical ignorance of what is being discussed has
never, ever precluded Franz from pronouncing weightily upon everything
under the sun, or from brutally, terroristically, and savagely
attacking people who actually do know what they are talking about.
Franz is in fact an entirely hideous entity without a redeeming bone
in his skeleton.