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From: Glen Goodwin <acme_ent_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri Sep 27 11:23:00 2002

Who IS this arrogant, manipulative bloodsucker? The list has been sooooo
peaceful lately . . .

> From: Mail List <mail.list_at_analog-and-digital-solutions.com>
> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: (no subject)
> Date: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:19 AM

First, a plea to our patriotism:

> If anyone has the below part, and want's to cough it up to help the
> US military, let me know.

Next, a (false) attestation of indifference:

> Know this though, it's not my problem,
> and I'm not too concerned about it.

.. and an implication that "Mail List" will not benefit from this
transaction:

> If you have it, you won't be helping
> me, you will be helping your own military.

.. followed by another attempt to appeal to our sense of patriotic duty:

> I read that some of you
> hate the government, etc., but some of you are also ex-military and
> might be willing to assist them.

But wait:

> I'm not going to release enough
> information that would make it possible for you to contact them direct,
> so it will go through me, or it won't go at all.

If he's "not too concerned" about the outcome, why is he jealously
controlling the flow of information?

> If you're one of the ones
> that generally spouts about dealer prices and prices on eBay being
> too high, and feel that you should never pay anyone else very much
> for anything, you better have a low price yourself, or we're not going
> to be willing to have any involvement with you.

Translation: He wants to Buy Low and Sell High.

> After all, who of you
> would want to have anything to do with people that say one thing and
> do another.

I hope that none of the listmembers would choose to deal with someone who
would present such a sleazy proposal.

Please, whoever you are, this list is not a commercial venue. It is for
those who choose to restore, preserve, collect, and USE classic computing
equipment. Although many of us do trade and sell equipment, we do so in
order to support our hobby, not in anticipation of a quick, fat profit at
someone else's expense. If you choose to deal in these items on a
for-profit basis, so be it, but this is not the place to do so.

My apologies to the listmembers for the rant.

Glen
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If I am not for myself, then who will be for me?
And if not now, when?
-- Pirkei Avot
Received on Fri Sep 27 2002 - 11:23:00 BST