From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: ian@rsd.bel.alcatel.be (Ian Ward) Subject: Re: Unix Haters Date: 1996/04/09 Message-ID: <4kducu$1r1@btmpjg.god.bel.alcatel.be>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 146556114 distribution: world references: <828997888snz@tarik.demon.co.uk> organization: Alcatel Bell Telephone reply-to: ian@rsd.bel.alcatel.be newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-04-09T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Laurence Barea writes: : ;In article <4jqjbv$dp2@btmpjg.god.bel.alcatel.be> ; ian@rsd.bel.alcatel.be "Ian Ward" writes: ; ;> Laurence Barea writes: ;> ;> > What a load of bollocks that was. ;> ;> Has you wife just left you, or perhaps an ;> excess of British made gelatin.? ;> ;> Please supply arguments, reasoning, not just ;> destructive criticism (you thickhead :-)) ;> Plenty of talented people haven't agreed entirely ;> with me and E-mail has flown back and forth ;> accordingly. ;> ; ;Haven't you ever been speechless. What I read showed that ;there was no point in arguing because the writer (I don't ;know whether it was you) would not be able to understand. ;Hey but don't worry, we cannot all have the experience and ;intelligence required to. ;Now, you see, 'thickhead' and all the 'wife just left you', ;'excess of British made gelatin'- that's real reasoning, ;argumentative and not destructive in any way. ; Simply fighting fire with fire in the first sentence. I was terribly shocked at your appalling manners, and was putting forward suggestions for you apparent bad mood :-) Ok Laurence, even though you saw the smiley, you chose to ignore it. That is fine, but you still have not given any reasons for why you thought it was bollocks. Perhaps I have no intelligence or experience, but I am truly interested in your opinions. I would dearly love to be enlightened. So, with as much humility as I can offer, please tell me the reasoning behind your formidable conclusion. Best regards, --- Ian Ward's opinions only : ian@rsd.bel.alcatel.be