Re: dubious victory (was "Re: We are all Americans! (WAS: Re: So, You Want To Make Text Art?)")

llizard wrote:
> 
> In article <Pine.GSO.4.21.0001101444370.23149-100000@xena>, Ben
> Norwood <bdn...@aber.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> [snip]
> > Hypothesis: Jonathon has a morbid fascination with winding people up,
> > taking the mickey out of them, and sparking flamewars.
[SNIPPO]
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> I cannot. I blame myself for reading the inane arguments. I blame myself for
> allowing
> myself to become angry at one poster's insistance at using the name I use in
> private correspondence. (Yes, my name is indeed XXXXXXXXX, but I have
> expressly asked people never to use that name in a public forum. There has
> been only one person that I have contacted who has blatantly refused to honour
> that request.) I blame myself for contributing to ever growing threads that
> are becoming filled with senseless prejudices and insults. I blame myself for
> replying again, after seeing that same person had purposely posted my e-mail
> address without any spam blocks. (And yes, there is a substantial rise in the
> amount of junk mail that has been arriving in my inbox.) Yes, this  has taught
> me a few lessons about the sorry nature of usenet. As a result, this newsgroup
> has ceased to be fun and is instead filled with noise.
> 
> So long for now... signing off from the 51st State - that would be Canada, for
> you other Americans who don't know.

51'th state?
What's the index of 'State of shock' ?

               Aww Lizzy, 
            Please don't go!
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> See? It is true. Whoever yells louder wins.
> 
> -llizard
> 
> P.S. To the rest of the Americans in this group, I apologize. Remember that
> one cannot judge all Americans by one or two idiots who happen to have
> American passports.
 
> I'll return when I have regained my composure and when aaa has a higher
> proportion of ascii-art to ranting text.

Ah well, I'm gonna try posting some art regularly.

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