[ANSTHRLD] Re: Answering questions
Tim McDaniel
tmcd at jump.net
Sat Jun 23 23:51:35 PDT 2001
On one list, someone wrote:
> I am sorry for whomever it was that blasted you for this because
> this person was obviously selfish
I am sometimes of the "set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of
his life" school, and I vary in my thinking of how bad that is.
Nevertheless, may I please ask that the vitriolic condemnation of this
unknown-to-us author calm down? There's a general principle of "don't
comment on the resub until after you've read the exact text of the
return". Nobody but Tec and that author are in a position to know all
the circumstances and the exact messages involved. We are therefore
in no position to speculate on their ancestry, personal habits, and
probable destination in the afterlife [1], just based on Tec's summary!
[1] Tip o' the nib to Poul Anderson, I think.
Daniel de Lincolia, standing up for sweetness and light.
Mark your calendar.
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