Re: WARNING: Control Codes *REVISED*

Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>No response from good devil Colin on this one. He gave the impression of
>wanting to address issues ...

This is the first time I've seen this post of yours...my newsfeed is
very flakey here right now and it looks today (Wednesday) that a big
load of articles have been lost in a news-server crash...happens
from time to time all over the Net. :-(

Pete Casso wrote:

> Look Colin, the real issue is NOT what appears as the discussion
> topics. You are addressing the wrong issue altogether in this and
> other threads. I wrote about the real issue in the past and
> proposed "ignore each other" as far back as a year ago.

I use my own judgement and selection of the relevant issues not what 
_you_ might consider are the real issues.  

Sorry, but I don't think you _do_ wish to be ignored. On the
contrary your posts throughout your time on this newsgroup show that
you crave attention and enjoy argument and flamewars.

In any case I use my own judgement of the relevant issues not what
_you_ think those issues are...so there...Hah!


> (Yes, this is contrary to what you and the asciigangsteins are
> saying about me being a troll.

But so many of the things you write when you get attacked have all
the classic hallmarks of a Troll...that's why you get called a Troll.
Did you not see the Troll FAQ I posted here not long ago?

> On the contrary, the asciigangsteins declined and the "ignore each
> other" proposal at the time.

I realise I am repeating myself but the way I see it is that you do
not really wish to be ignored. You appear to want everyone to accept
your views and say nothing if they do not like those views. Some
people are willing to do just that and others are not. If everyone
totally ignores your postings then you become isolated and cannot
possibly enjoy it here.

In fact you must begin to wonder whether they have seen or read your
postings...like this very example where you were saying I had not
responded...now that is a dead giveaway that you _Don't_ want to be
ignored here.

So I guess you cannot have your cake and eat it Pete!


> Spunkystein reinvented the same proposal recently, even said in a
> separate thread that she killfiled me.

Look, you are going to win no friends or influence people by calling
them "Spunkystein" or "Anyothernamestein".  Several people in the past
have told you that they do not like you doing it but you continue to do it.
What's your point in doing it except to stir up bad feeling? - one
of the hallmarks of a Troll.

> I thought we had a mutual agreement, but then she "responded' to a
> posting that was in no way directed to her. Other asciigangsteins
> are no better.  -- And I am not someone who leaves personal
> insults unresponded.)

Joan Stark earns respect here because of her work not because of her
personal viewpoints. I do not think she is a person who would engage
in any agreement to refrain from expressing her views about how
anyone behaves on this newsgroup.


> You said: "The devils you know are better than the devils you
> don't." Well, in case you refer to yourself as a good devil,...

I was tempted to diddle your cartoon on the spur of the moment and
use a very old cliche " The Devil you know is better than the Devil
you don't. " I did not intend it to have a hidden meaning or that
the two Devils represented people who read alt.ascii-art.

>...then try enforcing an "ignore each other" rule. It is the most
> effective way to prevent flare ups.

There is no way of enforcing anything on the Net. People either get
along with each other or they don't!


> So good devil Colin, what do you say?

I think I've already said enough above...and remember I am not
obliged to respond to _any_ of your posts...I can just ignore them
if I so choose and you have the same privilege.


> >So, to reiterate...apart from your stein cartoons, which I don't
> >personally object to...what have you done to improve this newsgroup
> >which so many enjoy...including yourself in your own way?

> Well, the Yangsteins love the 'steins. For example, there was yet another
> 'stein emulation just two days ago (which I awarded with 4 Frogsteins  :-))
> What greater contribution can there be than postings that people enjoy so much
> that they want to emulate?

Re-read what I said viz: "apart from your stein cartoons"  <SIGH>
                          ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^

Give it a rest Pete!  You're tiring me out.  *8-)

Bye,

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