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Xref: sserve gnu.misc.discuss:6131 comp.org.eff.talk:8936 comp.unix.bsd:4583 comp.os.mach:2066 news.groups:49704 Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.org.eff.talk,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach,news.groups Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!stanford.edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!gumby!destroyer!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!park.uvcc.edu!ns.novell.com!gateway.novell.com!thisbe!terry 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) Nntp-Posting-Host: thisbe.eng.sandy.novell.com Organization: Novell NPD -- Sandy, UT 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 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.