On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:51:00 -0600
"Dan Clough -> Oli"  wrote:

 -=>> Oli wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 Ol>>> I'm already a participant in Fidonet, I see no technical reason
 Ol>>> (at the moment) to change my address from *.47 to *.0.

 DC>> A point address is not in the Nodelist.  You are not a
 DC>> nodelisted Sysop.

 Ol>> Please spare me the explanations, I do know how a FTN works. I'm
 Ol>> in the pointlist, which is technical nearly identical to a
 Ol>> nodelist. Why is it so hard to understand that there is no
 Ol>> _technical_ reason for _me_ to get a node number?

 DC> Well, you certainly seem to /need/ the explanations.  It isn't a
 DC> /technical/ issue - the whole point of this thread is to get you
 DC> to see that if you want to have a say in the operation of Fidonet
 DC> (changes to P4), you need to be a *MEMBER* of Fidonet.  Not sure
 DC> why you have so much trouble understanding such a simple thing.

Come on! I already explained the non-technical side in the original mail that
you were quoting. You omitted to quote that part (which was in the next
paragraph). Instead you put your reply under the paragraph in which I was
specifically talking about technical reasons only. Now you say it isn't about
the technical issue.

There is really no point in discussing anything with you. I can watch these
nonsense strategies on TV, no need to support your cherry-picking practice.

 Ol>> I never talked about other FTN networks in that context. Read my
 Ol>> previous mails.

 DC> I did read the previous mails.  So, why don't you tell me what you
 DC> meant by "other communication networks" if you were NOT talking
 DC> about FTN networks.  I think we both know that that's exactly what
 DC> you were referring to.

The idea that others constantly and consciously lie and deceive seems to have
become very popular (in some groups), especially when the others have different
opinions that are not compatible with ones worldview.

I'm not interested in playing that game.

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