Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!helios!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!seismo!uunet!motcid!king From: king@motcid.UUCP (Steven King) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: I have here.. Message-ID: <5305@orchid3.UUCP> Date: 15 Nov 90 19:29:39 GMT References: <1990Nov13.181742.10791@odin.corp.sgi.com> Organization: Motorola Inc. - Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL 60004 Lines: 25 In article <1990Nov13.181742.10791@odin.corp.sgi.com> archer@elysium.esd.sgi.com (Doctor Benway) writes: >The only excuse for not recognizing that speach is poor education. Vociferous disagreement! I was born in '66 and I consider myself reasonably well educated. I'm familiar with events of the McCarthy era but I don't make it my hobby. I've never encountered the text of that speech, just the commentary on it (ie., discussions to the effect that McCarthy had made such a claim). On the other hand, I didn't go off the handle and let Eric have it with both barrels either. The posting was absurd (as I'm sure McCarthy's original was thought to be by many who heard it) and I've seen from his previous postings that Eric is usually a level-headed sort of guy. I assumed it was either a satire of something I wasn't familiar with (I should have made the McCarthy connection here) or a forgery. Please keep in mind that what is an obvious reference to some people isn't nearly so obvious to others. There's no reason to insult someone's education because they aren't familiar with a particular speech. -- ---------------------------------------------------+--------------------------- If all you do in life are important things, then | Steven King you'll never have any fun -- unless having fun | Motorola Cellular is an important thing to you. | ...uunet!motcid!king