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   From: firehose@everywhere.com   
      
   Evelyn wrote:   
      
   > "syringe nipples"  wrote in message   
   >>>   
   >> well, that doesn't explain why he hasn't been keeping up with my name   
   >> changes and thought i had only started posting this month. the idiot.   
   >   
   >   
   > He's far from an idiot.   Norbu is one of the most knowledgeable as well   
   > as the kindest poster on these boards.    To be honest with you,   
   > frequent name changes are somewhat annoying.    Most of us around here   
   > don't engage with trolls, so a certain amount of name recognition is a   
   > notable plus for anyone who would like to have honest and serious   
   > conversation.    Please don't change your ways for me, but I am merely   
   > passing on the facts for whatever benefit they may provide.   
      
      
   I'm afraid I gave him the idea   
   expecting him to realize the emptiness of names.   
   But he is confusing self-centered heedlessness   
   with emptiness.   
      
   --   
   Firehose should be filtered out as well as those who talk to him regularly   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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