WARNING: RANTING COMPUTER NUT...

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Jun 15 18:05:03 2004

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Steve Thatcher wrote:

> to all the ranters (no matter what the subject), apply
> Thumper's Rule to what you say - in the movie Bambi - Thumper
> the rabbit was told by his mother - "if you can't say anything
> nice, then don't say anything at all." This list is for classic
> computers. Any chance you all can keep your personal feelings
> from wasting email bandwidth.

On the other hand, Alice Roosevelt Longworth was responsible for
that marvellous gem "If you haven't got anything nice to say about
anybody, come and sit next to me." I think it has a lot more
charm!

                                                - don

> best regards, Steve Thatcher
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: der Mouse <mouse_at_rodents.montreal.qc.ca>
> Sent: Jun 15, 2004 11:30 AM
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: WARNING: RANTING COMPUTER NUT...
>
> > [...rant about the general dislike of peecees...]
>
> > [they're here and not going away]. So lets stop the bashing, and
> > just LEARN TO DEAL WITH IT!
>
> Learn to deal with it, yes.
>
> But I don't see that as a reason to stop the bashing. If the
> criticisms were unfair, perhaps. But even you, in your rant, admit
> they're broken on many levels (as compared to most other machines); I
> see no particular reason to stop pointing out something that's broken
> just because we're stuck with its presence.
>
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