RE: Insult vs. Flame (was: The Genie is out of the Bottle)

CobraBoy (tbyars@earthlink.net)
Thu, 28 May 1998 20:59:51 -0700


At 3:11 PM -0700 5/28/98, WILKINS@hws.edu came up with this:

> Re:
> >Janie, I don't think that was a flame or insult. Let me give you an
> >example. No offense should be taken these are provided as examples. :-)
>
> No offense shall ever be taken (at least not to heart), but I somehow
>felt that
> the following comment was at least slightly insulting (if not entirely):
>
> >@hws.edu at precisely 7:50 AM-0700 on 5/28/98, grouped some
> >electrons into this:
> >
> >WOW Rohit, if this isn't a VOX post I've never seen one ... ;-)

Well I don't think a VOX post is a bad thing for FoRK and I've told Rohit
as much.

>
> PLUS, I had been waiting for the opportunity to throw your own words back in
> your face and this seemed like as good of time as any.

I'm glad I gave you something to look forward to.

> Finally, Tim, I think you commented before that "we" gave Israel the
> capability to be a nuclear power... who did you mean by we? According to Paul
> Crumlish, Israel's nuclear capabilities should be attributed to France
>and not
> the USA.

I'm not going to get into it, expecially on a list that is archived on the
web.

Tim

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