my last post Re: antiorp

[robert bristow-johnson]

Gene Schwartz <implode at well.COM>, missing the point, sez.:

>Robert Bristow-Johnson wrote:
>
>>>>he thinks he's cute, but personally, i think that anyone who relies on
>>>>anonymity as he does is a bit cowardly.
>>>
>
>Well, whether he is lurking among us under his real name, or not, I am not
>particularly bothered by someone who does not give his 'real' name on
>mailing lists.

i'm not either.  i'm not impressed either.

>What do you mean by 'rely on anonymity' in the first place. What is he
>relying on it for?

i dunno.  it's not my problem.

>
>>even though no violence is done, antiorp is kinda like an anonymous
>>internet bomber and if/when he discovers that his status or reputation
>>on the net has hit bottom, all he has to do is switch ISPs and get a new
>>psuedonym and he's got a clean slate.
>
>This is of course implying that he is like the rest of us. Any of us could
>gain anonymity by doing the same thing.

as if we would want to.

>> the rest of us, due to social
>>nettiquete and taboo, have to behave better.
>
>Why do you have to do this?

i don't have to.  i just prefer to not have people think i'm a jerk or a flake.

> Sounds like you're envious.

dunno why.

>One assumption you make ...

a repeated assumption you appear to be making is thinking you know what my
assumptions are.  i don't think you have the foggiest.  i posted as a
_moderation_ to the "let's kill antiorp" sentiment that some on this list
and other lists have expressed.  i think antiorp should be free to post
(but it's glmrboy's decision, not mine) and if people don't like it, just
ignore his posts or filter them into the trash.  why don't you pick on the
anti-antiorpeans instead of a bystander who's closer to your side of the
fence?  sometimes i think you're just trolling.

> ... is that antiorp interacts on a day to day basis
>with many of the people on this list. That is total conjecture.

when did i make that conjecture?

> In addition
>you conjecture what he might do if 'his status or reputation on the net has
>hit bottom'. I cannot fathom why he threatens you this much.

i cannot fathom why you think he does.  antiorp neither threatens nor
impresses me at all.  antiorp posts are simply ignored.  sometimes
controversy about antiorp is not ignored (i have a passing interest in
freedom of speech and the internet).  but even this thread about antiorp or
any other net character (like zxform) can get old to me as this is now.

Mr. {"[KILL THREAD REQUEST] Re: (antiorp) was: Re: CPU vs DSP"}, i am now
going to accept your advice and leave this thread alone no matter how my
words or position are misinterpreted by others (something that is difficult
for me to leave uncorrected).



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