From: brunner@telebit.com (Eric Brunner)
Subject: Re: East Bay Regional Parks/dog restrictions
Organization: Telebit Corporation; Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 21:44:39 GMT

In article <1992Oct10.023834.15087@netcom.com> mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers) writes:
>In article <1992Oct10.004208.5409@telebit.com> brunner@telebit.com (Eric Brunner) writes:
>
>>In article <1992Oct9.192254.20902@netcom.com> mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers) writes:
>
>>[that he's very upset with me, omitted.]
>
>Actually, "upset" is too strong a word.  The world is full of people
>who have little good to offer.  Unfortunately, some of them have
>access to the Usenet.

How gracious of you, much better than your previous work.

>"Purposeless"?  What are you trying to accomplish?

Hmm, how about posting the turntable case and explaining it in a venue
which I normally read, and occasionally post, where parents and people
with chidlren-related questions engage in usually useful discussion,
when it was apparent that some posters were unaware of A.N. doctrine?
That seems like a purpose...

>                                                        When I entered
>this thread, I did so not do so to focus on some legal fine point.  I was
>surprised to see what I viewed as an inconsistency in a formerly very
>consistent libertarian (Ngai)?

Yes, it was the poor twisted corpse of Phil's lizardarian beliefs that you
ever-so-sorrowfully counted coup on... something that I'm sure you should
make known to a larger world than just the misc.kids readers. I trust that
you have written chilling prose in reply to those poorly thought out notes
mailed you from hostile parents as well.

>That's what *I* was trying to do.  What are you trying to do besides
>impress people with your legal knowledge and insult those with differing
>views?

You know, you're not the first person I've heard characterizing my posts
as an attempt to "impress people with your legal knowledge", so maybe
you have a point there. As for insulting people, well, lizardarian posts
are so frequently cant pieces that it comes too easily. You do have a
point though, you would be more pleased if your handling were gentler.

>>Or is this a reference to my jest that someone shot someone else? Where is
>>your sense of humor? Or is there something I should know about the hazards
>>of being a lizardarian - like people just pop them off all the time, and
>>so no jest could possibly have been intended. Hell, what else does one do
>>over lunch except shoot people, stare at tuna fish?
>
>Your rare lack of abrasiveness here suggests to me that even a dolt
>like yourself now realizes how out of bounds you were with that post.
>What did it take, a ton of negative email?  Perhaps a note from your
>postmaster advising you to cool it?  Whatever it was, it's too bad it
>motivated you to backtrack rather than admit you were wrong.

Goodness, now one knows what Phil enjoyed in the progress of getting his
clock cleaned. So, do lizardarians drop like flies or not? I mean, if I've
hit a raw nerve here that was hardly my intent -- of course, I should have
considered just how arbitrary a reading was possible. Just so you'll get
sufficient abrasive materials in your craw, IMHO you have a nearly unique
reading of that post. Only one other person known to me has an even more
unusual reading.

>>Feel free to let me know just how bad a person I am, maybe I'll get
>>better.
>
>Go be someone else's reclamation project.  You've wasted enough of my time.

I take it this means I can look forward to a life without follow-ups, replies
or further constructive commentary... I thank you in advance, and I trust
that you'll be as gracious in real life.

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Eric Brunner Tule Network Services
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