From: friday@netcom.com (Carol Anne Ogdin)
Subject: George Clark Proposes Silencing Friday re NLP
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 17:25:05 GMT

In <1992Dec12.130518.5339@eng.umd.edu> georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark) writes:

>In article <1992Dec11.213516.15746@netcom.com> slf@netcom.com (Sharon Fisher) writes:
>>
>     [ much deleted ]
>>
>>>By the way, I notice you and Friday post from the same site, and you two
>>>post identical opinions. As far as I'm concerned, you two are in fact
>>>one person trying to create the illusion of a consensus.
>>
>>I've gotten mail to this effect from George as well, saying he knows
>>the "truth" and we can't fool him any more.  Guess he's on to us, eh,
>>Carol?  Say, isn't it amazing that George has learned something that
>>my boyfriend and your lover haven't figured out yet?
>>
>>I'm not sure how I would go about "proving" that we're separate
>>people, and I'm not sure I'm particularly inclined to try.  I'm not
>>that interested in proving my existence to somebody who grasps at such
>>weak strawss.

>This NLP zealot who sometimes goes by the name Sharon, and at other
>logins goes by the name Friday, has already been ejected by ridicule
>from both sci.med and sci.psych. As a last resort, she's trying to
>practice her sorcery here in alt.hypnosis.

1.  George still can't figure out reality from his own fiction:  Sharon
    and I aren't the same person, George.  

2.  I haven't *ever* been in sci.med or sci.psych, so I can't respond to
    your claims that I've been "ejected by ridicule" from either.

3.  I note, with curiosity, your claim that my artful use of the English
    language is now considered "sorcery."  I'm sure my pagan friends will
    snigger at that one, but if anyone is bewitched by me, please let me
    know how I've managed to do that; I'd like to do more!

>I think I speak for the silent majority when I say it's time we lay
>this hen to rest.

"Silent majority?"  Who sounds like the religious zealot now, George?

Oh, and calling me a "hen" is just the weak act of a desparate person who
lacks any cogent argument.  Name-calling is a refuge of those devoid of
more competent strategies of debate.

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However, I will respond to your challenge and make a proposal:  

A.  Let's put an end to this silly flame-war; it wastes valuable bandwidth.

B.  Let the participants of this newsgroup vote on it:  Either George stops
    posting anti-NLP diatribes, or Friday stops providing NLP information.
    I propose the following procedure:
        i.  We both stop the nastiness during the voting period.
       ii.  Other alt.hypnosis readers will have one week to post a follow-
            up to this message that says, either:
                "I want to hear more about NLP from Friday"  or
                "I want to hear more anti-NLP stuff from George"
      iii.  On Sunday, December 20th, you count up how many "more from Friday"
            and "more from George" votes there are, and we behave accordingly.
       iv.  If the vote count is in favor of your claim, above, that "we
            lay this hen to rest," I will agree to abide by the alt.hypnosis
            participants' and no longer post NLP-related information.  Are
            you man enough to agree to cease your anti-NLP diatribes if the
            vote is NOT in your favor?
        v.  Further, I am aware of the variety of methods that can be used
            to "stuff" this kind of ballot box, and I will not solicit votes
            from anyone.  (In fact, since you have this hallucination that
            Sharon Fisher and I are the same person, I offer that we not even
            count any vote from her).  Are you willing to abide by the same
            rules?

C.  To the readers of alt.hypnosis:  This is your opportunity to decide the
    future direction of your newsgroup.  Please post a "more Friday" or "more
    George" response to this item, and we can all tally the votes on Sunday,
    December 20th.


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