Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!attctc!rissa From: rissa@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Patricia O Tuama) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Flames Message-ID: <11422@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> Date: 13 Feb 90 05:13:27 GMT Organization: Lone Star Cafe Lines: 68 In article jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) writes: >Destroy, or just relocate? Destroy. Sci.aquaria, sci.skeptic and sci.military. >Trish, having a different definition from yours doesn't make the man a >liar. No, what makes him a liar is the fact that he tells lies. And I'm not talking about different definitions or honest mistakes. >a "flame" as a personal attack -- and that seems to be a fairly >common definition on the net -- then Peter isn't much of a flamer. Flames are in the eye of the beholder. Peter has flamed too many people too often to get away with saying that he doesn't do it. >And pointing out that certain moves are improper -- the oft-cited >con.aquaria being one -- isn't malice. I didn't say it was, Jeff. You *do* have a persecution complex, don't you, dear. >Let's have some examples of "vk-jjh", Trish. Sure, here's one right here: > As for the cross-posting >to con.aquaria, I did it a small number of times on the theory that, >since Tricky Dicky didn't mind improper placement for the group itself, >he couldn't object to improper placement of a few articles. Fair is >fair, no? What you did wasn't fair at all. I realize you are new to the net but contrary to what you seem to think, individual netters do not own newsgroups. Cross-posting your flames to sci.aquaria was a vicious, knee-jerk, juvenile hypocritical response. And besides, I didn't ask you to justify what you did, Jeff. I was merely commenting on the rumor that it was Peter the altar boy who finally persuaded you to stop dumping your flames in sci.aquaria. My goodness, you *do* have a persecution complex, hon. >What lie, Trish? <_1213Mxds8@ficc.uu.net> January 15, 1990. Go look it up. >Uh, Trish? The above is a pun (you know, a play on words), not a flame. Uh, Jeff? I know it was a pun: asbestos. That doesn't negate my reply, however. You do post more flames to this news group than anyone else. And rants, too. --------------------------- In article <+UO1SV1xds8@ficc.uu.net> jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) writes: >> >PS - The word is vigilantism. >> No, it's not. In the first place, the word you're thinking of is >> "vigilance" which means to be alert and watchful. >Trish, where do you think the word vigilante came from? From the Latin "vigilans." Why? What does this have to do with what you wrote: >> In article jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) writes: >> >PS - The word is vigilantism. I repeat -- there is no such word as "vigilantism." You made it up.