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From: forys@sunybcs.UUCP (Jeff Forys)
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Subject: RE: A fraud....?
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Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 23:01:56 EDT
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From: alanurm@tonto.DEC (Len Alanurm)  Posted: 14 Sep 84 17:17:13 GMT
> Well folks, hate to say it but..... I think that Jeff Sargent is a fraud!
> In other words, a ringer. In looking at his postings, it seems more like 
> they are the kind of thing that one would post just to elicit a response
> possibly for the purpose of studying those responses. Just the kind of thing
> that a psych major would do.

An interesting proposition.  Well, one I can relate to anyways...

> I base my opinion (and it is just an opinion), on the observation that Jeff
> never seems to accept anyone's advice but instead keeps on coming up with
> more and more self revelations as reasons for not taking said advice. Not
> only that, when any advice given is non-controversal in nature, he appears
> to totally ignore it.

Counterpoints to the above (there may be others):
 - He says stuff to the effect of "Gee, I never thought of that" when someone
   makes a good point giving the impression he *has* accepted the advice.
 - If something isn't controversal, it may be that he just isn't compelled to
   respond.  He may only respond if something irks him.

Other considerations:
 - He was solely responsible for starting that Trish stuff again (Trish re-
   visited, calmly).  The origional debate was one of the most heated dis-
   cussions I've seen while on the net and he wanted to re-initiate it when
   it looked like *everything* had been said.  A possible flaw here being
   that (as he stated) he felt he still had something to say and just wanted
   the net to calm down a bit before saying it.
 - The fascination with "male-female interactions" and "religion" provide
   an excellent basis for discussion and argumentation.  I think everyone
   can relate to his feelings, but few would be so open as to admit them
   publically if indeed they had them.  This, in itself, intrigues me.

I honestly don't know whether he is "for real" or not.  He is either very
sincere and open *or* very clever.  Either way, since I find his arguments
interesting I'm not overly concerned (although he *might* be).  Since I've
been told there are people who use the net as a "fantasy world", the only
way I could really be sure is by me going down to Purdue *myself*... Nope,
not that important.

"How do you know so much about cycling?"		Jeff Forys