Re: Tim May Hates Cats, Jews, And Babies

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From: Sherwood Harrington
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 17:36

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In scruz.general Geoff Miller <geoffm@u1.netgate.net> wrote:

> John Mann  <metroboyeh5MY_UNDERWEAR@yahoo.com> writes:

>> I've seen this a lot before (posting a reply to a post
>> without inserting a response oneself in the reply).  
>> I've wondered about it, but not enough to actually go
>> to the trouble of finding out why it's done.

[...]

> If what you describe above happens and there's another post
> from the same author (but with comments added) hard on the
> heels of the first one, I write it off as the result of an
> interruption or distraction when the person was in the middle
> of posting.  If there's no second article, I figure it's an
> online version of the "show your contempt for the previous
> poster by emailing him a copy of his own screed" thing.

If there's no second article, I figure it was just a mistake.  I get 
enough unmistakable contempt without having to make it a default option 
for interpretation of puzzling posts.

-- 
Sherwood Harrington
Creepy Hollow

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From: Sherwood Harrington <sherwoodno@spamrahul.net>
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