~>  EC> On 2/22/2009 11:54 AM, bob klahn wrote to ALL:

[Klahn carefully cut that part out, in an effort to change the context of
the part he DIDN'T cut out]

~>  ~>> ~>>  You do lie. Your claim that you do not lie is a lie.
 
~> ~>>  EC> Everyone got that?  It is a message to
"all."  He says that
~> ~>>  EC> you ALL lie! Ha ha ha!
 
~> ~>>  You lie. You cut out the part that identifies my comment to
~> ~>>  Mimi, which every experienced poster recognizes.
 
~>  EC> Looks like you have really sent Bob around the bend!  He
~>  EC> now thinks that when he addresses posts to "all" he is
~>  EC> making his comment directly to you. In his eyes, Mimi is
 
~>  Apparently your IQ is low enough you cannot understand the
~>  difference between making a comment to someone and addressing
~>  the message to all. It's called an open letter, ever heard of
~>  such a thing?

This is for the benefit of any newcomers.  The regulars in fidonet already
know that what Klahn says is usually a crock.

Everyone already knows that the above "response" is a crock, right?  An
"open letter" is a letter made public by the writer.  EVERY post in
echomail is an "open letter!"  If a newspaper columnist such as Thomas
Friedman were to write a column entitled "An Open Letter to Barack Obama,"
he would open it with something along the lines of "Dear President Obama."
 He wouldn't be so stupid as to address it "Dear All" even though he wanted
everyone to read it, and if he did address it "to all" he wouldn't be so
stupid as to talk about "all" being the new President of the United States.

There is an easy way to tell who a comment is made "to" in a fidonet post.
 You simply look at the "to:" field of the post!  That is why it is labeled
"to."  I know, I know, it is so obvious that it usually goes without
saying.  But Klahn even misses the really obvious.
 
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