Ross Cassell wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:

 RC> Hello Thom!

 RC> 08 Dec 02 08:18, you wrote to Barry Blackford:

 BB>> No one but thom has a valid opinion or point of view, thom you
 BB>> are one of the idiots

 TL> Barry, so nice to hear from you again.  Over time your nastiness and
 TL> lack of common sense and manners has increased.

 TL> Fidonet is alive and well, and since it accommodates small minded
 TL> folks like yourself, there will always be someone who makes a fool of
 TL> themselves.

 RC> and your retort back to Barry's makes you look better?

Probably not, but I'm not in the business of looking better.  I'm simply
stating that language such as Roy, you and Barry used don't really belong
in a public echo.

 RC> You got after me because I:

 RC> A. Quoted back Roys cuss words
 RC> B. and that in anger I cussed him

 RC> I dont think, since because of your lineage, that cuss words really
 RC> offend you, 

So now you're an expert on lineage?  How is it that you feel free to make
characterizations based on lineage?  Would you feel comfortable making
racial charaterizations?  Can we expect you to do the same based on
citizenship?

Setting up a strawman, and a bigoted one at that. still doesn't excuse the
lanuage you quoted and used, does it?


 RC> I suppose you say a few choice phrases if you stub a
 RC> toe or knock your head when fishing for something in the trunk of
 RC> your car? 

Sure...but then again, if I'm in public, like these echoes, I make an
effort not to let my language skills, or lack thereof, offend folks who may
not have the same tolerance of cusring.

 RC> I suppose you are keying in that such usage of vocabulary
 RC> whether it is quoted or authored isnt conducive to a civil debating
 RC> atmosphere, regardless of the forum?

I wasn't refering to civil debate, or at least I don't recall using that phrase. 

 RC> Why is it Thom that you can do it, others cant, is it one of those
 RC> things like so:

Please cite the last time I used the language I objected to in a public echo.
If you do find some, then chronicle the time you may have used that
language in a public echo.  If the number of times you cite me equals the
number of times you did it, then I'll apologize. 

 RC> Hey we all get heated in debate, but expect to be called on things
 RC> Thom when you sanctimoniously object to echo conduct but then
 RC> imbibe in it yourself. 

Is imbibe the correct word?  I don't have a dictionary handy.

You only embrarass yoursdelf when you attempt to mis-attribute
things...but, if it makes you feel better to create a smoke screen to mask
your own
actions, that's fine.


cya,
thom
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