From: kdw@icd.ab.com (Kenneth D. Whitehead)
Subject: Re;Dreamer Stares Down My Barrel
Organization: Allen-Bradley Company, Inc.
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 14:31:54 GMT

dreamer@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (David Caruso II ~~~) writes

>Thank you, Kenneth, for your wonderful little story.  It was quite amusing and 
>quite stupid.  You certainly establish your credibility when you say my 
>writing is second-rate.

Well, dreamer, haven't I just gone and gotten you into a real foot-stamping 
snit!  (I guess my little story worked.)

>But you know, one thing confuses me.  All the adjectives you used to describe 
>me ... it would seem you imply that you know me quite well, when, indeed, all 
>you know are the things I've posted concerning animals rights ... a topic, no 
>doubt, we both feel very passionately about.

I just kind of paraphrased the stuff you post about us.  You obviously are
a person who likes to dish it out but can't take it.

>But the real me?  Never been to the woods?  Dog-killer?  Sniveling?  Weak?  
>Immature?  I'm impressed with your lack of intuition.

Weak?  I never said you were weak.  But you left out "jerk", "thin-skinned",
"slimeball" and a few others.  Perhaps slimeball was unwarranted, but I think
you've demonstrated the rest of the character traits that I've described
quite well by your postings on this newsgroup.

WRT having never been to the woods, that's what your postings sound like;
wrt "dog-killer", did you forget "Rover Stares..."?

>You know, if this were a vocal forum, I'm smear your sorry rhetoric all over 
>the wall and snap you back so fast you're puny neanderthal head would spin.  
>Luckily, you can *read* my words, and interpret the tone of them in any way 
>you see fit -- bias or unbiased. 

Ooooh...  I'm impressed.  Flex your brains for us, dreamer.  That'll impress
my puny neanderthal mind, all right.

>If we were truly debating this, in a spontaneous 
>forum, where we could both address each other's points, and cater our offense 
>to effectively deal with each other's specific arguments and personality, I 
>could stomp on you like you do to the ants that cross your path. 

Your "debating" techniques have already made you the laughingstock of this
newsgroup, and that's in a medium where you can take your time composing
your thoughts, and you can edit them before putting them out for the public to
see.  Somehow, I just can't imagine you doing any better in a forum where you
had to think on your feet.


 >Physically, you may have the strength of 
>a gorilla, and the forehead to match, but I'm not exactly a skinny pale-faced
>computer nerd with the dexterity of a bowling ball and a fear of the dark.
>Heh heh ... not hardly.

Well, that certainly puts me in my place.  Dreamer, I'd just love to get
just a brief peek into that out-of-control imagination of yours.

>If ever you get over your basic cowardice and foolishly decide to challenge 
>me, just give me a call.  My number is in the book.  

Yes, I know.

>>David A Caruso
>>905 Emery Rd.
>>Lawrence, KS 66044
>>(913) 841-0860

Apparently your reply to my posting piqued the interest of quite a few people,
because I got a lot of email.  One guy even went to the trouble of providing
me with your address and phone number.

>If would give me something
>to do besides sit here trying to find a way to penetrate into the iota of 
>brain tissue inside the sponge that must fill your skull.

Yes, it certainly would.  I would imagine that if I were foolish enough to
reply to you in a threatening manner, that you'd think about it quite a bit.
It could be a singularly unpleasant experience.  I would consider that very 
seriously before you go making any more provocative utterances.

**********************THIS IS NOT A THREAT********************************

Dreamer, let me give you a bit of friendly advice about issuing invitations
like the one above.  It is, without a doubt, a very stupid thing to do.
You know _absolutely_ nothing about me.  For all you know, I _could_ be a
criminal psychopath. You _could_ be letting yourself in for a real Cape Fear-
type summer.

Now, I want to make it clear that I am not going to call you or do anything at
all to harrass you, but to the degree that your postings are ridiculous (and
they usually are) I will continue to treat them (and you) with ridicule.


Ken


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