| Re: Host recommendations (slightly OT) [message #172531 is a reply to message #172529] |
Mon, 21 February 2011 16:53   |
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On 2/21/2011 11:44 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
> In article<iju3kc$la4$2(at)news(dot)eternal-september(dot)org>, Bill B<me(at)privacy(dot)net> wrote:
>> On 2/21/2011 11:14 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
>>> In article<ijtnvf$jn7$1(at)news(dot)eternal-september(dot)org>, Bill B<me(at)privacy(dot)net>
>> wrote:
>>>> On 2/21/2011 8:03 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>> > This is EXACTLY the type of response you get when you ask in an
>>>> > inappropriate newsgroup (and exactly what I would expect from a ditch
>>>> > digger like TNP).
>>>>
>>>> You can make your point without diminishing yourself and others, Mr.
>>>> Stuckle.
>>>
>>> Oh, $deity, here we go again. Leave off, will you? Is it not obvious by this
>>> time that you're having no effect at all other than to annoy people?
>>
>> The one thing a bully needs more than anything else is the quiet assent
>> of decent people. I trust you are such a person.
>
> Oh, get a grip.
>>
>> I know it is annoying; it is annoying to me also. That is insufficient
>> reason to lower my expectations of civil discourse.
>
> The nice thing about Usenet is that it's so easy to filter out or ignore
> things that bother you. Like your continual harping at Stuckle. Yes, he's a
> jerk. No, he's not going to stop being a jerk just because you ask him to, no
> matter how often you ask -- he's already made that quite clear. That's the
> nature of jerks. If you don't like reading his posts, then killfile him. Just
> like I'm going to killfile you, the next time you post one of these pointless
> requests. You've made your point: you think Stuckle's obnoxious. I trust I've
> made mine: you're getting that way.
So noted. I have higher expectations of Mr. Stuckle.
Bill B
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