MODERATION REQUEST -- namecalling, sniping and other childish behavior

[Joe Rhett]

My only statement regarding your writing is that insults are not
technical contributions, and detract from the list.  Nothing else that
you are fantasing here is part of what I said.

You are a serious piece of work.  Get some help. 

On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 01:38:36AM +0000, Paul L. Allen wrote:
> Joe Rhett writes: 
> 
> >>In another post you called me a "content-nazi".  
> >
> >Are you Paul Allen, or Michael Tucker?  Or are they both aliases?
> 
> I am Paul Allen.  I made the mistake of scrolling down one of your
> top-postings and mistaking the attributions.  That's easy to do when
> people top-post and refuse to trim unnecessary material. 
> 
> My apologies.  You did not CALL me a content-nazi. 
> 
> >I made an attempt at humor in a post to Michael Tucker, which was clearly
> >meant to be read as funny if you read the entire sentence.
> 
> I have yet to see any response from anyone who saw any humour in it,
> but I have read responses from people who did not find it funny, 
> 
> >But that attempt at humor has nothing at all to do with you
> >calling me an idiot, personal direct object.
> 
> You thought calling somebody a content-nazi was funny (although most
> people would be shocked by an unjustified labelling of somebody as a
> nazi).  I thought calling you an idiot (justifiably so) was absolutely
> hilarious (I try to write even my flames in an entertaining way) and
> what is sauce for the goose is obviously sauce for the gander.  If
> humour is sufficient justification for you inaccurately labelling somebody
> a nazi then humour is clearly sufficient justification for me accurately
> labelling you an idiot. 
> 
> >You keep talking about clues, yet you continue to talk about things which
> >were never said,
> 
> Let's see.  Which one of us posted first about top-posting?  All those
> with threading mailers (which you claim to have) will say it was you.
> Who posted about top-posting being a bad idea?  Well, several people,
> but only AFTER you said it was a good idea.  Looks to me like I was
> talking about something that WAS said, after YOU said it. 
> 
> >and attacking opinions that were never expressed to you.
> 
> You posted to the list. I read the list.  If you don't want me to respond
> to your opinion, don't post to the list.  That's the only way you can
> guarantee that anyone on the list will not respond to it. 
> 
> >I didn't insult you, and I did respond to what you said.  You're wasted
> >hundreds of words attacking me for things THAT I DID NOT SAY.
> 
> Nope, I have posted about things you said and the implications of things
> you said.  If you don't want me to respond to your posts then the only way
> you can do this is not to post at all.  Well, there's another way which
> is beyond your capabilities: post something sensible. 
> 
> More clue suppositories...  I get to control what I read, whether or not
> I respond to it, and what I write in response.  You get to control what
> you read, whether or not you respond to it, and what you write in 
> response.
> You are perfectly free to put me in your killfile, should you so wish,
> and thereby never again read what I write.  Actually, some posts ago, you
> claimed that you HAD put me in your killfile yet responded to later posts
> by me. 
> 
> I'd call you a liar, but that would only upset you.  Hey, wait a minute!
> Because you plonked me, you're not reading this and I can call you a
> liar and your are unable to respond because you don't see anything I
> post, LIAR. 
> 
> >I'm not asking for you to be censored.
> 
> Bwahahahaha. 
> 
> >I'm asking for you to moderate your responses, or for them to be
> >moderated by the list owner if you prove yourself unable.
> 
> Even the idiots on alt.flame aren't so stupid as to contradict themselves
> within the space of a single paragraph.  You're not asking for me to be
> censored, you're asking for the moderator to censor me if I post stuff
> you don't like. 
> 
> First rule of holes: when you're in one over your head, stop !"%$ing
> digging. 
> 
> -- 
> Paul Allen
> Softflare Support 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Joe Rhett                                                      Chief Geek
JRhett at Isite.Net                                      Isite Services, Inc.


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