From: lafave@ial4.jsc.nasa.gov (Dr. Norman J. LaFave)
Subject: Re: SC rally: "We don't want a draft dodger for president!"
Organization: Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 15:15:48 GMT

In article <ART.92Sep11024425@world.std.com>, art@world.std.com (Al Thompson) writes:
> 
> In article <1992Sep10.203312.7404@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> lafave@ial4.jsc.nasa.gov (Dr. Norman J. LaFave) writes:
> 
>    In article <ART.92Sep10113550@world.std.com>, art@world.std.com (Al Thompson) writes:
>    > 
>    > In article <1992Sep9.182041.13703@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> lafave@ial4.jsc.nasa.gov (Dr. Norman J. LaFave) writes:
>    > 
>    > [...]
>    >    Oh yeah, I always trust my local beer-swizzling red-necks with fifth
>    >    grade educations to give me their in-depth political commentary :-).
>    > 
>    > Oh, Dr. you are ever so smart.  Much smarter than those stupid smelly
>    > rednecks.
>    > 
>    >    Seiously though... this is just another irrelevancy in a long string of
>    >    irrelevancies being bandied about. It just proves that Bush can fool
>    >    some of the people most of the time.
>    > 
>    > But you are just too clever to fall for that stuff, right Dr?
>    > 
>    >    Dr. Norman J. LaFave
>    > 
>    > 
> 
>    That's right Al but it has nothing to do with being clever, it has to do with
>    refusing to have my attention deflected from the real issues by this
>    irrelevant crap. It has to do with
>    spending the time at the library  studying the facts of these issues
>    and the records of the candidates. 
> 
> Right, just like I said, Dok, you are just too fucking smart for the rest
> of us.
> 
> It is called working to become an
>    INFORMED voter instead of a blind sheep or a random number generator.
> 
> No, you just lord your Doktorate over all of us you big genius you.
> 
>    You can bank on the fact that most of the boo-birds at that race track have
>    not and will not do make any attempt to get the facts.
> 
> I can?  Just how do you know Mr. (excuse me, Dr.) smart ass??
> 
>    I hope you don't think that insulting me because of the use of my title
>    in my .sig is a substitute for intelligent debate. 
> 
> Insutling you?  I too have a Ph.D.  I learned, the hard way, many years
> ago not to even think about lording that over others.  You are a snotty
> intellectual know it all who thinks he is smarter than the rest of
> humanity.  When asked for facts you can't supply a one except your
> "knowledge".
> 
> I have explained why that
>    title is in my postings so many times now I could spit. However, since I
>    spent 8 years of my life toiling to get the degree while living in poverty,
>    I will
>    not apologies for having the title. I have more than earned the right to use
>    it.
> 
> Yeah, well, bucko so did I.  I lived in poverty too.  I spent a lot of
> time too.  Big fucking deal.  You're a snotty asshole who thinks he knows
> something.  Shit man I wouldn't dream of signing my postings with my
> Ph.D.  In fact the only time I ever mentioned it on the net was in
> response to your snooty shit.  Its clear that your are one of those
> nitwits who thinks because he has a Doktorate that he is somehow
> superior.  The fact is that I once thought that myself about myself.
> Life has taught me different (if I can be allowed a little grammar
> license).
> 
> Do you know, you asshole, that you criticized somebody else's spelling
> with a sentence that included a mispelling?
> 
>    By the way, the smiley you ignored is there for the humor-impaired like
>    yourself.
> 
> On the contrary I am not humor impaired, just ask anybody who knows me,
> like bzs.  I chose to ignore it.  Why?  Because it's people like you who
> like to make "nigger" jokes and then include a smiley and think that
> makes it all right.
> 
>    Dr. Norman J. LaFave
> 
> Allan R. Thompson, Ph.D.
> 
> 

Oh shove it Al. With the exception of the title in my .sig, which I have
explained so many times I could spit, I have never LORDED my degree over
anyone, even when I was under baseless attack (like now).
Show me some proof from my postings where I used my degree as a tool for
making an arguement. I have used my research and my experience (as have
others), but never my degree. Come on Mr. net.etiquette, let's see it.
You know, a little ex-lax might do you alot of good.

So I called the
people at Darlington Red-necks... Big deal. a.) It was a joke, b.) I was
making a point about in-bred biases being easy to manipulate, c.)
nobody else seems to have taken offense to it, d.) the comment had nothing to
do with my degree. It was a statement about the use of irrelevant
smokescreens as a substitute for discussions of the issues (alot like the
drivel in your posting), and the unfortunate effectiveness of such tactics
with large blocks of the electorate.

So why don't you go take your %$#* down the hall and tell someone who gives
a &*(%^$$#!

Dr. Norman J. LaFave
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