Oy Veh

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Tue Oct 31 09:20:28 CST 2006


On 10/31/06, Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Good enough..
>
> But what about the case of the responder who doesn't WANT it known exactly what is being responded to.

That is a common practice used by a certain obnoxious you-know-who on
this list.  It is a practice used to deflect responses away from the
subject, usually by creating a straw man.

David Morris



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