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   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 03/24/2018 01:01 PM, Ragnusen Ultred wrote:   
   > Am Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:51:25 -0700, schrieb The Real Bev:   
   >   
   >> Flame wars just ain't what they used to be.   
   >>   
   >> Oh wait, yes they are :-(   
   >   
   > I have been on Usenet for as long as you have, which is a very (very) long   
   > time.   
   >   
   > My model of Usenet is /different/ from yours, which is why I would think   
   > you'd generally follow the oft-suggested axim of never arguing with a fool   
   > (such as Frank Slootweg showed himself to be) because that fool drop you to   
   > his level of fifth-grade silly semantic games and he's far better at it   
   > than you are...   
      
      "Arguing on the internet is like running a race in the Special   
       Olympics:  even if you win, you're still retarded."   
      
   Having been a participant (I kicked the habit long ago, although I still   
   drop in occasionally) in a flame war that has been going on since 1995,   
   engendered a moderated group to avoid the prime loon, and been   
   responsible for -- as far as I know -- the only court-ordered injunction   
   against posting on usenet, I am well aware of the futility of flame   
   wars.  At some point all entertainment value disappears and only the   
   actual combatants are interested.   
      
   Easier and less wasteful of energy to drop out before that point is reached.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Bev   
      "Don't you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the   
       intelligence? There's one marked "brightness", but it   
       doesn't work."                               -- Gallagher   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)