On May 16, 2005, at 10:04 AM, Gary Denton wrote:
On 5/16/05, Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--- Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You persist in making personal attacks on me.
Knock it off.
Dave
You persist in being a jackass. Why don't _you_ knock
it off? I'm still pissed at being maliciously quoted
out of context, forget about being accused of a lack
of intellectual honesty by someone who (as far as I
can tell) couldn't find it with a map. So why don't
you remove your head from your ass, and then I'll stop
pointing out it's up there?
Gautam Mukunda
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Freedom is not free"
http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com
Way off his meds today and getting way out of line.
I'm not reading Gautam's messages these days except as they're quoted by
others (killfile and all that), and one might not expect me to come to
his aid, but in the spirit of fairness, your first phrase strikes me as
a personal attack.
It is clear that I have gotten up Gautam's nostril this week, and I have
found his messages more than a little intemperate, but I will not
descend with him to the level personal attacks, and hope you'll allow me
to invite you to resist the temptation as well.
The relevant part of our etiquette guidelines requires that I read the
offending message "ALOUD... TWICE!" and consider whether there may be a
milder way to interpret his remarks. Then I am to ask whether the
"perpetrator" meant the "worse version" of the message.
So I'll ask (taking Gautam temporarily out of my killfile so I can see
his no doubt thoughtful and honorable reply): When you said "why don't
you remove your head from your ass," did you mean something other than
that you think I have my head up my ass?
Dave
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