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Vaska
vaska at geocities.com
Wed May 7 12:38:05 CDT 1997
For someone who claims to be bent on ignoring and/or getting Jules kicked
off the list, you seeem to pick on him -- quite gratuitously -- far, far too
often. Do let up a little, will you?
Vaska
>Greg said:
>>Everyone on The List has been guilty, now and again, of writing off (and
>>sometimes off- off-) topic; however, I believe in some cases some attention
>>should be paid to the matter of DEGREE.
>>An occasional joke, flame, or personally-aggrandizing screed is fine & to be
>>expected; if it's ALL someone contributes, then there's a problem.
>>(which is why god gave us e-mail filters)
>>(which is why many of you won't be reading this, since it's got my name on it)
>I say:
>You betcha! Far from being "the most intellectual list on the internet" this
>list is like any other coffee house (note the TRP thematic reference)
>conversation -
>And like any other coffee house conversation there are certain people one
>learns to ignore - AND like any coffee house there are some buffoons who
>refuse to be ignored
>
>I've noticed a flaw since I've been using filters to make my mail box an
>infamous-former-classmate
>free zone - I still get some of the trivialities when they are copied into
>other postings - Alas, it's
>not a perfect world - Anyway Greg, I'll work on putting you in my filter
>
>
>Peter Giordano
>Williams College
>Williamstown, MA
>
>
>
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