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From: ashby@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: military funding in mathematics
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Date: Fri, 31-Oct-86 14:15:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 31 14:15:00 1986
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!ashby    Oct 31 13:15:00 1986


As the week has progressed, I have had time to consider my recent
"counter-attack" on Weemba.  In retrospect, I must say I regret
the posting.  It was both rude and mean-spirited.  Many of Weemba's
most inflammatory remarks were made in email to me, and that is 
where I should have kept the argument.  Instead, I chose to air
the brouhaha on the net.  In doing so I ridiculed myself far more
than anything Weemba could have posted.  I may also have offended
some netters; if so, please accept my apology.

Although I still believe Weemba was unfair in his attack of me, he
deserves praise for refusing to knock the chip off my shoulder.
The net is no place for personal vendettas, a fact he understands
clearly, a fact I am just learning.  In the future I hope my 
postings will be more thoughtful and carefully worded.  I certainly
do not apologize for my political beliefs, but tact and common
sense needn't suffer for them.

Apologetically yours,
 
Steve Ashby
Dept. of Computer Science
Univ. of Illinois