I read it just the opposite. If no one responds to his claims, he is MORE
likely to be taken seriously by a casual observer who has NO basis for not
taking him seriously.
By posting, we place on the public record an accounting of his fables.
On 04-Mar-99 Dave Crocker wrote:
> At 03:56 PM 3/3/99 -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
> >It should also be pointed out that recently Jeff Williams and INEG claimed
> >to
> >have hosted a conference in Dallas with 12,000 participants at the Texas
>
>
> In case no one has noticed, postings by Jeff continue to be taken seriously
> be participants on these lists and to receive serious and thorough
> responses.
>
> A reporter monitoring these lists would, therefore, see that Jeff is taken
> seriously and, therefore, consider him a reasonable person to talk to.
>
> The lesson, of course, is that shunning silly participants has more than
> one benefit. It reduces the noise on the list, but it also reduces the
> likelihood that someone reading the list will take seriously the person
> being shunned.
>
> d/
>
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Date: 03-Mar-99
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