From: Rick@dot.dot   
      
   In article ,   
    Snit  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > Well, I chose this/that group partially because of its traffic. I'm   
   > > getting no more than what I came to see.   
   >   
   > True... csma would be a bit boring without at least some of the fighting...   
   > I think you would be hard pressed to find any regular who is not currently   
   > or has not recently been in what is ... essentially... a meaningless fight   
   > that *nobody* cares about.  Well... on reflection, I think some people do   
   > care about it... and they either seem to get truly upset or do things that   
   > are just absurd like threaten to send garbage to someone's employer or even   
   > call the police and make false allegations.   
      
   OK, I may regret this, but what the hell was this dustup all about?   
   (Short version if possible - I've read lots of allegations)   
   >   
   > Wonder if all the csma folks were to meet in person if they would all enjoy   
   > a few beers and laugh over the absurdity of it all.   
      
   Well, there is so much of the brain devoted to facial recognition, all   
   of which is rendered useless through text. The best we have are those   
   silly emoticons, which don't even come close to expressing the   
   subtleties necessary in conversation.   
      
   >   
   > Or maybe they would just argue what the sum of two and two is.  :)   
      
   Honestly, I've done the same at times. It's often fun. 2 + 2 = 11.   
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