Re: The 'steins - The Eulogy
From Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca>
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· 8 Oct 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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Wow! Thanks, Ilmari! Good analysis! I award 3.5 Birdsteins! _==_ _==_ _==_ _==_ ( "> ( "> ( "> ( "> (> )> (> )> (> )> ^^ ^^ ^^ ========================================================= [] .oo Visit the Gallery of the 'steins! [] [] ( -) http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/ [] [] " " Frogstein, who has a point behind his eyes [] ========================================================= Ilmari Karonen wrote: > > [ObAscii follows] > > Tweeter (Twe...@the.speaker) wrote: > [snip] > : >> postings from our Resident Troll, Mr. P. Casso. > [snap] > : strong suit. I don't know, though. You folks have apparently put up > : with his drivel for years - I'm sick of him after less than 24 hours. > : Sarah and GooFY seem to like him. Of course, there are also people > : who like raw monkey brains for breakfast. Go figure. > > Not as surprising as it may seem. PC is in some positive ways different > from your average troll - he's for example on topic most of the time, > actually sometimes producing signal instead of just noise. Even his > 'stein cartoons can occasionally be rather funny indeed, at least when > he isn't trying to make insults through them. (Really, Pete, as an > artist you should know that forcing a point like that with no subtlety > at all ruins any humor or deeper meaning that might be present.) > > Myself, I'm not so much annoyed as I'm tired of him and the whole > flamewar going on around him. If I could only sort out the actual, > non-flame cartoons from everything else he posts, I'd read them. As it > stands, I can keep up with this newsgroup a lot better with PC in my > killfile, but this will change if he ever does let the flames die away > and - as he says he wants to - just posts his cartoons in peace. > > As for Sarah and some others, I have to wonder how eager many people > are to push those trying to stand in the middle ground to either side. > From what I've read of her posts, she seems to have made her own > opinions on this debate instead of joining the crowds, as have I, Joan, > and I dare say most of those posting actual arguments instead of just > flames. (Other may have too, but how could I tell?) While hers may be > different from mine, they seem completely reasonable if only one > accepts that there are shades of gray between unconditional love and > hate, even for Pete Casso. > > ObAscii: Quite a while ago someone in a BBS said something to the > effect of "So I made a typo. Shoot me." I accepted the request with > one of my first published ascii pictures. :-) > > | . . > |: . . . | | > | .| . | | > 0, . . |. . | : . |.| > \|0, - _ | . | : | | > ||\|0, " READY " |. O| :: . | | > |\||\|0, . .\ . `-. : |\,:.. : | | > |||\||\|0, _ - .`-. ||`:: .| | > ""|||\||\| . " U . _ `|| :.. |.| > ""|||\||'. ,|| . ||;:. : | | > . - ""|||\. . . `|' " "" `-. | | > ""||.: _ (| . - " - `-.| | > " "" \| . itz > " "" " - . > ---c-u-t---h-e-r-e--- > | . . > |: . . . | | > | .| . | | > 0___ . . |. . | : . |.| > `|/0___ - _ | . | : | | > |`|/0___ " AIM " |. O| :: . | | > |\|`|/0___ . .\ . `-. : |\,:.. : | | > |||\|`|/0___ _ - .`-. ||`:: .| | > ""|||\|`|/ . " U . _ `|| :.. |.| > ""|||\| '. ,|| . ||;:. : | | > . - ""|||\. . . `|' " "" `-. | | > ""||.: _ (| . - " - `-.| | > " "" \| . itz > " "" " - . > ---c-u-t---h-e-r-e--- > | . . > |: . . . | | > | .| . | | > 0___ . . |. . | : . |.| > `|/0___ - _ | . | : | | > |`|/0___ " FIRE! " |. O| :: . | | > |\|`|/0___ . .\ . `-. : |\,:. : | | > |||\|`|/0___ _ | - .`-. ||`:: .| | > ""|||\|`|/ . " U/ . _ `|| :.. |.| > ""|||\|.'. ,| . ||;:. : | | > . - ""|||\. . . `| " "" `-. | | > ""||.: _ (| . - " - `-.| | > " "" \| . itz > " "" " - . > ---c-u-t---h-e-r-e--- > > | . . > |: . . . | | > _BANG | .| . | | > 0___.(c()_ BLAM . |. . | : . |.| > `|/0___.(o )_ BANG _ | . ,| ; | | > |`|/0__`(q)_)" " |. . `&<-; . | | > |\|`|/0___.(o )_ BAM . `-. : |\":. : | | > |||\|`|/0___(.s ) _ | - .`-. ||`:: .| | > ""|||\|`|/ . (_) U/ . _ `|| :.. |.| > ""|||\|.'.BOOM ,| . ||;:. : | | > . - ""|||\. . . `| " "" `-. | | > ""||.: _ (| . - " - `-.| | > " "" \| . itz > " "" " - . > ---c-u-t---h-e-r-e--- > | . . > |: . . . | | > | .| . | | > 0___ . . |. . | : . |.| > `|/0___ - _ | . | ; | | > |`|/0___ " " |. c.|;;: . | | > |\|`|/0___ . . . `-. : :|\,|'. : | | > |||\|`|/0___ _ - .`-. ||`:` .| | > ""|||\|`|/ . " U . _ `|| :.. |.| > ""|||\| '. ,|| . ||;:. : | | > . - ""|||\. . . `|' " "" `-. | | > ""||.: _ (| . - " - `-.| | > " "" \| . itz > " "" " - . > ---t-h-e---e-n-d--- > > Just goes to show that it's often a good idea not to take things that > seriously, even if they seem to be (and possibly are) serious enough. > > Think twice before following up whether stating your opinion really is > worth contributing to the noise in the NG, and think twice again > before posting it. And keep a smile on your face. ;-) > > -- > Ilmari Karonen > Hail Eris! All hail Discordia!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,731cc9c0f44f8150 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca> Subject: Re: The 'steins - The Eulogy Date: 1998/10/08 Message-ID: <361...@sympatico.ca> X-Deja-AN: 398837055 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <361...@sympatico.ca> <907...@mnementh.southern.co.nz> <361...@sympatico.ca> <907...@mnementh.southern.co.nz> <D37...@library-proxy.airnews.net> <6vge0p$56i$1...@tron.sci.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Frogstein and Birdstein Productions MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 21:22:55 EDT Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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