Re: DIS: rec vs alt (Please Read)

>From: Col...@equinox.gen.nz (Colin Douthwaite)


>Normand, you amaze me !

Would you be trying to use flattery now ?  :-)

>Do I _have_ a reputation _to_ tarnish ?

Sure you do.  Just like any other respectable human being.

>Tell me about it I'm all ears :-)
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
That could explain why you can't "see" the correct meaning of other
people's posts.  :-)


>Intimidation ?  Look at your own signature. 

Let's see now.  Are you trying to say that my sig is intimidating you ?
Did the rules on sigs change lately ?  I did not know it was forbidden to
include personal opinions in there.  My sig is simply stating my own
position towards r.a.a which is very obvious from the contents of posts
that I have submitted during both the RFD and the CFV period anyway!
So, what's the problem ?

>And have you not seen all those postings from proponents _telling_ 
>and _urging_ people to vote YES or else not to vote NO ?  
>And other messages asking folks to change their vote to YES ?

Yes I have seen them.  If it's not allowed, file a complaint.  If it's
allowed, then you have no reason to complain.


>Also what about all those messages from proponents stating they 
>have voted YES and exhorting other people to do the same ?  

Again, if this type of "campaigning" is not allowed, file a complaint.  If
it's allowed, then stop loosing sleep over it.  I saw that you posted your
message around midnight.  Relax Colin, it's just an ASCII art group!
I'm going to be happy no matter what the outcome is.  Although I must
admit I'll be happier in one than in the other.


>As I have said elsewhere it is a wonder that a NO vote is even being 
>allowed on this issue.

As I have said elsewhere too, it is impossible to please everyone.  Even
if you had voted YES there would still have been people that would have
voted NO.


>I always thought that people did not declare how they voted till an 
>election was over, although I understand in votes for newsgroups the 
>results of the voting are published in detail, naming names.  

Really !!  What do you suppose it means when, during an election
campaign, someone displays in their yard a sign of one of the parties ?
They intend to vote _against_ the party ?!  They intend to _abstain_ from
voting ?!  Please, take off your asbestos suit; the lack of oxygen is
starting to affect your brain.  :-)

I think you are right about the results for newgroups.  There will be a 
list available showing all the voters and their choice.


>How about letting folks vote the way they wish to ?

I don't understand.  Who is preventing them ?


From recent postings it appears that personal attacks are becoming 
>fashionable. Perhaps it is time to put on Flame Suits ?  

Sounds like you are getting ready for a flame war.  Could this eventually
lead to a law suit.  :-)

BTW, I haven't seen in your post any arguments trying to show why r.a.a
is bad or any suggestions trying to improve it.  All I have seen are
complaints about how people are doing things...  I am not against you, I
simply deplore your tactics.


On a different note, you have done me a great favour without knowing it.
I'm serious.  A few of your posts had been cross-posted to COMP.GRAPHICS.  
So, my replies also went there.  I just received a message today from 
someone who came across my name in that group.  It's been ten years since I 
last heard of this guy.  We used to compete for the highest marks in high 
school and just for kicks we had memorized over a hundred digits of PI.  
Actually, I still recall it to 70 digits.  Let's see:

3. 14159 26535 89793
   23846 26433 83279
   50288 41971 69399
   37510 58209 74944
   59203 78164

Anyway, sorry for the chitchat folks.  I've got ten years of news on which 
to catch up.  So I'm out of here.
Thanks again Colin.  Hmm, looks like I might owe you one...

-- 
Normand Veilleux                As a "long term" contributing artist to
nve...@emr1.emr.ca            alt.ascii-art, I hereby declare that
----------------------------    rec.arts.ascii (MODERATED) has my support.

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