Following received from Mr. Weiss, "victim".
I guess I'm supposed to get really angry and answer him back, maybe call him
a name like "loser or a**hole or something.
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Jeffrey Weiss <weiss@xxxxxxx> |
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Thu, 08 Jul 1999 21:29:56 CST |
Hello,
Wow. That's a pretty rude email you sent to me--someone you don't even know.
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I am sorry to hear that your kids whine a lot.
I wonder why: with the kind of invective you unleash on strangers your own
family is likely not immune.
I suppose *you* wanted the last word after hurling insults? My little children
can be like that too, so
I am not surprised. After all, mature adult men who can disgaree without
flaming or screaming are
all too common--a pretty typical male psychological dysfunction.
It's a shame that you enjoy wasting your time flaming, and trying to inhibit
any critical discussion.
The ability to engage in respectful controversial discourse is healthy.
Denying discourse and using inflammatory language is a bit unhealthy.
I didn't ask for SPAM from you. God knows as a sysadmin I've blocked enough
SPAM from
AOL from my subscribers in the past and you must be my payback ;-)
Your post to the list contained no useful information nor a query. SPAM.
If I haven't spoken to you and you have no useful information please don't talk
to me. OK?
Other grown men probably don't need your unequivocal protection when
disagreements arise.
Is your participation on the list limited to humbly mining free advice?
Don't shake the FreeAdvice tree and wreck it for us petitioners? Is that it?
Well, I guess we are very different people. I like to think I have a more
critical mind and don't have
a problem questioning even 'generous' contributors to lists.
Is there a reason you hide your last name from your posts?
Embarassed to stand behind your vitriol?
Do you have a last name or would giving it mean that you'd write more careful
emails?
Gosh--why do I bother writing to anonymous flamers from AOL. I know better.
Feel free to write me back once more and I promise not to reply--really.
Look: a real name from a real person, not a 'ClassicVw'.
Jeffrey Weiss
** Reply to message from ClassicVW@xxxxxxx on Thu, 8 Jul 1999 16:40:58 EDT
> In a message dated 7/8/99 2:15:23 PM EST, weiss@xxxxxxx writes:
>
> << May I still offer that some repairs are well within the scope of various
> camera
> hobbyists; I did not particularly care
> for a camera repairman to tell me "Your just not supposed to go inside".
> That
> statement without clarification
> seems arrogant to me especially from a repairperson. I could have used a
> *helpful* response such as
> "You know, I wouldn't advise it. I repair them and there are 1200 gears and
> twelve pulleys in 14cc of space.
> But here are qualified repair centers in addition to my own".
>
> >>
>
> Can you PLEEZE put this back and forth whining to bed already? You
> sound like my kids when they get tired and cranky.
> If you HAD lurked a while, or even searched the archives, you'd see
> that John doesn't post 1200 word messages. He comments directly on the topic.
> I never took that to be arrogance, just a businessperson with little precious
> time to waste. The fact that he bothers at all to answer our questions is
> proof enough that he's not arrogant. You're just trying to justify your
> childish whining by blaming everyone else. It's gotten old very quickly.
> Enough is enough. (And, I'm sure, like most cranky children you'll have to
> post the last word...)
>
> George S.
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