Al. C wrote:


> I thought this thread was over. I guess not. Well, you know the drill by
> now. If you want to continue to #$%^ with me, I'm going to continue to #$%^
> with you. It's the only thing terrorists understand.

Fortunately you nor anyone else can dictate when a discussion is over.
However, the tone you set is indicative of a thread that once again
runs out of control (and no I'm not refraining myself from putting
more coal into the fire).

> What nerve some of you guys think you have. You put on a ski mask, grab an
> automatic rifle, and you think you can run the world... or at last a.o.l.s.
> Well, it's not happen'. Not here. Not now. Not ever.

Aha... the terrorist argument surfaces yet again. Think man... you're
the self-proclaimed grown-up here, aren't you. Yet you're the one
waving the guns and talking the talk that starts the real wars out there.

> Guys like Faux and Hicks and our resident cowards behind masks have this
> mistaken notion that they OWN this group and that they have some kind of
> divine right to dictate how others must comport themselves, but the rules
> of 'polite society" don't apply to them.

Re-read what you said there... without the raised alcohol levels
please. If anyone is _not_ hiding his real self, it is Alan, as is
Faux for that matter. You're the inversigator, so kindly investigate
first. I find that politeness doesn't ever enter the story whenever
you're concerned. You're taking good care of that. If not for
amusement value, I'd be trying to find out what it is _you_ are hiding
from us, but time and time again, I find it very educating to read the
threads where you, rm and GP are starring - if only to make clear that
people like you exist, and to take no one for granted.

> I wasn't rude in my reply or lack of one.

Your posts radiate the opposite. Have you ever read back on your posts?

> You see the pictures of the guys who carry an automatic weapon wearing a
> ski mask... the pictures we see each night on TV? You wonder about the
> personality types of terrorists? Don't. You can see it right here on this
> newsgroup... where character assassins like notbob, 'ken', Dan. C. and
> sometimes Faux reign supreme... whom no one dares challange.

Instead of this belligerent tone, you should have the intelligence to
properly reply whenever I or others try to start a discussion. You
never folowed up to_my_ questions (read back, I don't post /that/ often).

> No one has to promise to keep their "From" header or their sig the same
> forever-and-a-day, no matter how much 'authority' the a.o.l.s terrorists
> think they have.

Well then, isn't this typical cloaking behaviour - like those
terrorists do, you like to compare us to?

> Those of you who want to be bullied by these thugs... well, that's your
> business. I won't be. I'm not leaving. I'm here. I've been here for two
> years. I'm staying here, and if the a.o.l.s terrorists don't like it,
> that's just fine with me.

Then stay! Please stay! And start contributing to the Slackware
community - in the positive sense! As you so often pointed out, you
came here to get free advice on this new Operating System two years
ago, have stepped on several people's toes when they tried to help
you, and I have not seen anything worthwhile in return. Is this market
value? I suspect the only market value you see as a result from your
dwellings in a.o.l.s., is the money you make from the articles on Open
Source that you write with the unwilling help from all those who
answered your questions before the real Al surfaced.

> It's your choice, but I suggest you 'give it up', put me in your kill file
> and get on with your life. But hey. If you want to take a shot, I'm right
> here in the open... unlike some of the little cowards on this group.

Define coward?
The Usenet was here long before you entered the scene... those whom
you accuse of cowardice are the ones who understand the true nature of
Usenet better than the likes of you. A.o.l.s. is not the place to get
help for free. It is the place where people like you meet people like
me, because in all honesty, I wouldn't be caught dead near you, so
Usenet suits me just fine, thank you.

It's give and take in this place. I get amusement value in return, but
those who are really annoyed by your continuous ranting, do not even
get that.

Wow, that was amusing.

Wise up, sucker. [0]

Eric

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