John Carl made a bad mouse impression to Ant McWatt, March 5th: Eek. I've been chastised in the past for posting offline comments online, but nothing as egregiously incendiary. John M must hold some very unpopular views to be treated so.
Ant McWatt commented: No John. Firstly, this off-line post was blocked (almost certainly by Micros0ft) because the main body of my off-line reply to John contained the term "Russ1a". This was the only way I could reply to John (and the other intended recipient who will remain nameless). Secondly, the main body of John M's e-mail remained private. I actually rang-up him (via a trans-Atlantic phone call) that evening to explain what had happened. John Carl: That's very gratifying to hear, Ant. We haven't really had much intercourse yet and I'm not absolutely positive of your integrity but this is very reassuring. You seem like a good guy. Ant McWatt comments: John, is that a socially "good guy" (i.e. one of the boys at the bar?), an intellectually "good guy" (i.e. someone who can make a good philosophical argument?) or an artistically "good guy" (e.g. someone you feel that you could riff with in your local jazz band?) Ant had then commented: Thirdly, if Horse has reprimanded you for posting off-line comments at MOQ Discuss then you were almost doing something out-of-order. John Carl replied: Heh. well, yeah, probably. I remember the incident vaguely and there wasn't any real ill-will in it. An honest mistake, such as yours. Ant McWatt comments: No John, you got it wrong yet again... There was no "honest mistake" about me posting an off-line question from John McConnell. I simply don't like being censored by Microsoft or anyone else for that matter especially as we live in this so-called "haven of free speech" called the Western world. The post to MD on this occasion was simply the way I got round being censored and - by doing so - I purposively broke the social rule of not posting off-line correspondence. The intellectual message that I had for John took moral precedence over the latter social rule. I hope that is clear? Best wishes, Ant “Go back to bed, America. Your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control again. Here. Here's American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up. Go back to bed, America. Here is American Gladiators. Here is 56 channels of it! Watch these pituitary retards bang their fucking skulls together and congratulate you on living in the land of freedom. Here you go, America! You are free to do what we tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!” [The word "England"can safely replace "America" in this particular context - Ant]. (Bill Hicks, "Revelations", 1993) . Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
