SH>> What you DID write is nonsensical - because you are functionally
 SH>> illiterate.

 M> I do not want to have to re-fashion this echoes rules so that in the end
 M> its rules mimic the rules of other echoes, such as but not limited to
 M> POL_INC.

 M> I do know that in the POLITICS echo, Gary Braswell would not allow you for
 M> long to continue on this angle of debate.

 M> I also realize that you have a unique history with Dan here and this echo
 M> has provided you with a renewed opportunity to interact with him, since in
 M> the other echoes you both use:

 M> A. You are banned

 M> B. He is banned

 M> C. You have interest, he doesnt

 M> D. He has interest and you dont

 M> However while I have some insight as to what this history between you and
 M> him are, this echo will not work if the goal is to only relive/replay this
 M> history, this echo is not a VCR or photo album to relive those memories
 M> in.

 M> I have given alot more latitude as to the content or rather strength of
 M> statements being made, I am even accused of giving some people more slack
 M> than others, however untrue this is, I am not going to ignore your post
 M> above.

 M> Please do not make me tighten up the rules, if I do then this echo becomes
 M> nothing more than "another polarized" politics echo, where those who
 M> remain can sing to the choir.

 M> For now, I want you to tone it down and while I dont verbosely say "no
 M> personal attacks" in the rules, that does not mean they are permitted,
 M> especially in the way you did it above. Before you post a message to Dan
 M> or whoever else (you know who), read it and ask yourself if you are being
 M> blatent or not.

 M> Please and Thank You.

Look, Ross, I understand what you are trying to do - alas, I also understand
what you are trying to do is impossible with the population of Fido these
days.  Our numbers here have been slashed with the internet taking over
electronic communication and with Fido feeds becoming harder and harder to
find (thanks, by the way).  The ranks of smart liberals, surely a small
group in the population, have been eliminated in Fido.  There are NO smart
liberals here or anywhere else in these echoes.  I am not telling you
something you don't know.

But you must understand that some half wit who insinuates that I did not
matriculate kindergarten or that I am a homosexual leaves himself open to
intellectual examination - and obliteration.  I have made no secret over the
years of the fact that I find Ceppa to be the stupidest human being I have
ever tried to communicate with - and I take a certain measure of
schadenfreude demonstrating that fact.  Simply stated, it is occasionally
fun to pick the low-hanging fruit.  I pick from higher in the tree on a
daily basis owing to the profession I have chosen.  That is work - this is
fun.

But mea culpa.  Mea maxima culpa.

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