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Re: Sternlight on C'punks



Dear Dave:

You are a helluva fine debater but you are also an unbelievably 
irritating, sanctimonious son-of-a-bitch.

A CoWaRD

On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, David Sternlight wrote:

> At 10:54 AM -0700 7/16/96, Vladimir Z. Nuri wrote:
> 
> >a suggestion: get a pseudonym!
> 
> In my opinion (it's not "the truth") using a pseudonym except in force
> majeure circumstances such as a rape counseling group is cowardly. I think
> people should stand behind what they say, and the notion of Detweiler's
> having arguments with himself pseudonymously would be hilarious if it were
> not pathetic.
> 
> In any case it wouldn't work for me since I suspect my literary style is
> sufficiently distinctive (at least for this sort of group) that I'd be
> spotted in a short time and then be the victim of a bunch of nasty "what
> have you got to hide" posts.
> 
> And I'm not going to twist myself into a pretzel, stylistically speaking,
> just so some thug's nastiness can be avoided. I trust the good sense of
> wiser readers, and as Harry Truman said...
> 
> David
> 
> 
>