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Subject: Salutations
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Date: Fri, 5-Apr-85 15:33:59 EST
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	     I want to thank those of you who have made comments to me
	on an individual basis.  I think most of us have common ground for
	agreement on various issues.

	     On the issues of freedom of speech, religion, and expression, I
	can make no compromise.  On the issues of the "Vanishing Holocaust,"
	I retain the right to question and investigate.  One of the individuals
	who contacted me said that to doubt is more virtuous than to take on
	faith.  So I have doubts.  

	     I offer my deepest apologies to those of you who lost relatives 
	in the tragedy of World War II.  'Twas not my intention to insult you.
	
	     I make no apology to anyone who keeps connecting my name with
	the term "Nazi" in your subject headers.  I understand that the net
	frowns on Ad Hominems.  Well, so be it.  A rose by any other name is
	still a rose.  An Ad Hominem is still an Ad Hominem even used in a 
	header.

	     As far as the publishing of individual mail, I personally have
	nothing to hide.  Any comments I make to any of you individually, feel
	free to use as you wish.  But please have the courtesy to use the
	full context.  Then I won't have any excuse to point and say,"See?
	What did I tell you?  A typical <whichever>."

	     I extend my best wishes to everyone on the net for this 
	holiday season, for whichever holiday you celebrate.  

	     I'll be around every so often to keep you honest.

	     Illegitimati non carborundum.


	--Don Black