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On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Richard Rauch wrote:

>> >> No, I would argue that Mr. St. Hilaire is taking a position which while
>> >> quite possibly incorrect is relevant to the thread.  And it certainly
>> >> seems that your objection to his voicing his position is based on the
>> >> content of that position.  Am I misunderstanding?
>> >
>> >At least insofar as my posts are concerned, yes.
>>
>> OK, please enlighten me.  When you say
>>
>> > Stephane: This isn't an appropriate forum for being an MS apologist.
>>
>> what _are_ you saying?  I would certainly interpret this as saying
>> ``agreeing with MS is not acceptable on this list'', and I think most
>> readers would do the same...
>
>I said exactly what I said.  You can always take what I say and interpret
>it as something different, if that pleases you.  If you can't detect the
>difference in tone and meaning between the quote and the paraphrase that
>you supplied, then please refrain from paraphrasing me.

Again, what _are_ you saying then?  The plain meaning of what you say is
pretty clear, as is the interpretation most readers have ascribed to it.

I have to admit I'm pretty stumped trying to find another
interpretation.  Maybe you'd care to fill me in?

>This also isn't an appropriate place to discuss a knee injury that I had
>some ten years ago, or whether my nose itches, or how the TRS-80 did
>graphics.  A few short comments aren't a problem, but if people started
>seeing long tirades about my nose, that would not be appropriate to the
>list.  It doesn't matter whether you are for or against my nose (or its
>itching).  If I disregarded that, I would expect to be directed to look up
>an alt. newsgroup for itchy noses.

Except that you didn't object to Mr. St.Hilaire's _topic_ (or to any of
the other posters on that subject.  You objected to his _position_.  And
I don't think that's a good idea.

But that's fine.  Continuing to carry on this way is even sillier than
the original thread had become...

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				Jim Wise
				jwise@draga.com

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