> On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Bruce Lane wrote:
>
> > This one is truly in the "For what it's worth" department.
>
> Um, perhaps "further proof of your being an obnoxious twit"?
>
> I especially like his sig...
>
> > "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be
> > superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).
>
> What a sad little man :(
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
> Festival
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------- International Man of Intrigue and Danger
> http://www.vintage.org
>
And I wouldn't exactly characterize the original post as
polite, which referred to the "idiot who wrote the book on collecting
computers". I can only assume this referred to Kevin Stumpf who is
a sometime contributer to the list and has gone to great lengths to
preserve old computers, and started many years before it became
trendy.
I would also question the disparaging remarks vis-a -vis VCF. Many
of us on the list view the success of VCF and now VCE with a
pride in Sellams accomplishment, having taken part in it's inception
and development thru discussions on the cc m-l.
Many of us have been flayed by Sellams volitile personality. He
only gave voice to my own indignation. While not giving him carte
blanche, ( I would flame just him as heavily should the situation
arise), it should be remembered that PROFANEity is simply a
religio-cultural view. Remember Lenny Bruce ? From my point of
view "bomb them back to the stone age" is profanity of the highest
order and there are many others accepted in everyday exchanges.
To each his own.
ciao larry
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