Re: CEB 6 the Unpleasantness

[rah@shipwright.com (Robert Hettinga)]

>   Cypherpunks' Electronic Book (CEB) 6 the Unpleasantness.

[snip]

>   I don't know Tim May very well but I've noticed he gets into a lot of
>flame wars. Could this be his M O?: Get into an argument with a victim
>over a matter of fact, then slyly turn it into an attack on the person
>without losing the applause of the gallery? Also, I don't like his
>shrill strident manner.
>   I don't like a bully. When I run into one, I like to make sure he
>takes a few lumps too!
>                                            Yours Truly,
>                                            Gary Jeffers
[snip]



I like a lot of what Tim May says. I don't think he starts out to flame on
purpose.

I forgot something important about netiquette when I got into that flame
fight with Tim. If you ignore the first salvo, flame wars usually never
happen.

BTW, Gary, as a former Alaskan, the remark about rabbits and moose still
makes me laugh out loud... Don't know why...

Apologies ad<in>vance for the wasted bandwidth.

And now we return you to your regularly scheduled cryptography...


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