[Gllug] Please Can We Stop! (was "while we're flaming anyway...")

James.Rocks at equant.com James.Rocks at equant.com
Mon Dec 10 14:51:04 UTC 2001


David,

> >Please note the use of "<rant>" & </rant>" and THEY are what I took
> >exception to!
> Oh, come on. None of that except the stuff I did quote could possibly
> be interpreted as directed at you.

I disagree ... I regard the use of "<rant> & </rant> (or RANT ON/OFF or
anything similar) as shouting or a put down (in this case directed at me)
... with hindsight (and in a calmer atmosphere) I may well concede there
was value to his comments (in fact my have implicitly so conceded publicly
or privately) however the content of such message may well get lost when
people direct comments at me in such a manner.

When that happens I may well be offended reserve the right to defend
myself.

> What it comes down to is that you saw some useful advice with
> a complaint that people are not generally aware of that advice -
> a complaint that wasn't directed at you, but would not have been unfair
if it
> was, since you weren't aware of it - and got a massive wedgie over it.

Oh? So you are telepathic now are you? Excellent!

You have no idea what I was thinking or doing at the time so back off!

>secondly I maintain a copy of every single posting made on this list since
>I joined partly because I don't understand some of it (yet)

> Including, presumably, the URL at the bottom of _
> every_ message providing a link to the full archives.

No ... I simply do this out of habit ... I debate religion & atheism in
other forums and have learned to protect myself against evangelists who
love to quote out of context things they claim you or others have said!

> >Now ... can we please leave this f**kin' subject alone?
> If you want to drop a subject, you'll have to resist the urge to have the
last
> word. As soon as you drop it, so will I...

You may have the last words ... as long as those words say or imply "OK"!
Until then I'll continue to defend myself against what I perceive to be
unwarranted attacks!

It's also worth noting that Peter would probably like this subject dropped
as well ... unfortunately I don't have the luxury of telepathy as do you :
-)

James

James C. Rocks,
Technical Development Consultant
Archway House,
Canary Wharf.
EQUANT
E-Mail:    james.rocks at equant.com (work)
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