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From: madd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jim Frost)
Newsgroups: alt.flame
Subject: Re: Miss Manners invades alt.flame
Summary: circular argument
Message-ID: <19551@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: 31 Jan 88 17:40:53 GMT
References: <4789@pyr.gatech.EDU> <2280001@hpcilzb.HP.COM> <8801221316.AA03356@wheatena> <8690@ism780c.UUCP> <8801240902.AA02332@chex> <19180@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <8801250650.AA01610@wheatena> <19203@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <8801261319.AA01734@wheatena>
Reply-To: madd@bu-it.bu.edu (Jim Frost)
Followup-To: alt.flame
Organization: Boston University Distributed Systems Group
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In article <8801261319.AA01734@wheatena> wheatena!gsmith (Gene Ward Smith) writes:
>>>In article <19180@bu-cs.BU.EDU> madd@bu-it.bu.edu (Jim Frost) writes:
>>>>Was this posting really necessary? [...]

>>So, why is it that you follow up an argument with such a piece of
>>pointless offal?
>
>  Once again: THERE WAS NO ARGUMENT! None! Got it? I followed up
>a pointless piece of offal with more pointless offal, that's all.

You neatly argued yourself around to my original point.  "Was this
necessary?" I ask.  You reply, "I merely followed up a pointless piece
of offal with more pointless offal, that's all."  So, by your own
admission, it wasn't necessary.  ;-)

jim frost
madd@bu-it.bu.edu