XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/15/2026 2:40 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > Tom Elam wrote:   
   >>> Most Apple posters on this newsgroup hate me because I don't fall for the   
   >>> tricks so I don't belong to the cult, but I find them very interesting as a   
   >>> result.   
   >>   
   >> You did not answer my question. Look at how few people actually use   
   >> CSMA. Maybe a few dozen at most. If you feel this way why do you hide in   
   >> this neglected corner of the social platform universe? Do you not   
   >> actually believe in your own messaging? Are you afraid of being exposed   
   >> as the fraud you are if you go to a wider audience? Do you lack any   
   >> other interests? Are you mentally ill?   
   >>   
   >> Your projection of others who respond on CSMA is interesting. They cite   
   >> verifiable sources that effectively counter your posts. You seem to   
   >> never respond directly to them. Instead you copy/paste your past post   
   >> contents.   
   >   
   > Hi Tom Elam,   
   >   
   > I do appreciate your observations as I read all that you post always.   
   > Because you interest me.   
   >   
   > I agree c.s.m.a and m.p.m.i do have only a handful of common posters.   
   > What I "should" do is write a book about what Apple really is all about.   
   >   
   > the future book would be modeled after "unsafe at any speed", which both   
   > doomed the Corvair but it turned it into a cult object at the same time.   
   >   
   > If successful, it could halve Apple's TMV for a short period of time.   
   > That's how much I know about Apple propaganda being based on lies.   
   >   
   > I don't benefit from pushing Apple toward bankruptcy, and I don't care   
   > about benefiting Android since I'm not an Android zealot, but I would like   
   > to benefit the hundreds of millions of people who believe Apple's lies.   
   >   
   > It's for them that I'd write the book covering the truth about Apple.   
   >   
   > My "book" (unwritten) will discuss the typical Apple proponent on Usenet,   
   > which, of course, is whom I've been studying for oh, about fifteen years.   
   >   
   > To that end, I find you interesting in that you feel Alan Baker and Snit   
   > and Joerg Lorenz speak for the true Apple product, which fits my assessment   
   > of you since you seem to have a religious belief system that feels any   
   > truth outside your religious belief system can't possibly be true.   
   >   
   > While you seem to want me to respond to their insults instead of brining   
   > the technical content back away from their taunts, I won't do that anymore.   
   >   
   > Apparently when they deflect all criticism of Apple to, oh, say, Apple   
   > profits instead, you want me to discuss Apple profits instead of what I was   
   > technically discussing - but I'm not going to do that, Tom. I'm just not.   
   >   
   > But I do thank you for describing to me how your religion works, as every   
   > day I read EVERYTHING you write on this newsgroup, and I learn about you.   
      
   LOL! I do not care about Apple as a company. I like their products. Same   
   for Microsoft and Windows. Same for EGO and their lawn tools, Subaru and   
   their cars. One company I do almost worship is Cessna. I have flown   
   their aircraft almost exclusively since 1967.   
      
   Thinking you could depress Apple's stock price by half based on a book   
   by an unknown author is delusional. If you are as you claim retired and   
   been haunting CSMA for over a decade, but not written that book, you   
   likely never will. Anyway, criticism of Apple, it's products and   
   business practices, is hardly novel. Nor is your commentary herein   
   original, Don Quixote.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)