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From: James Jolley on 6 Jun 2010 11:39 On 2010-06-06 16:23:01 +0100, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) said: > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-06-06 15:26:30 +0100, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) said: >>> >>>> I just find it interesting that the internet is full of people who think >>>> they can get away with whatever they like that's all. >>> >>> For the most part, they can. Anyone can say whatever they like in an >>> unmoderated newsgroup, and for the most part there are almost no >>> consequences. It reflects well on human nature that there are at least >>> some newsgroups where most of the discussion is sane, civilized and >>> interesting. >> >> So the discussion earlier regarding prosicuting people for being nasty >> to rowland is fair? How is it then, that he acts how he does, but if I >> were to do the same thing in a bar or on the street, i'd expect to have >> my throat slit? > > So would he. Anyone acting like that in the physical world would be > likely to encounter the same lack of understanding, and be met with the > same aggression that some display here. The difference is that in here, > you don't have to be aware of Rowland's ravings apart from the people > you haven't killfiled responding to him. I see, one rule for him then, AGAIN.
From: Pd on 6 Jun 2010 11:46 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > I see, one rule for him then, AGAIN. Yes, because he's mad. If you're mad, you'll get that rule applied to you too. Is that really so hard to grasp? And again, what do you suggest as an alternative to ignoring him? Continuing to shout back at him? That's worked well so far, hasn't it. -- Pd
From: Richard Tobin on 6 Jun 2010 12:01 In article <871udhF5ftU1(a)mid.individual.net>, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >It is actually. People need to stand up for themselves don't they? >Surely you can understand this. He's mad, yes, but that still doesn't >give him the right to do what he wants. A serial killer's mad, but we >don't just say "go on then mate, kill someone else because it's just >how you are". You need to get a sense of proportion. -- Richard
From: Steve Firth on 6 Jun 2010 12:03 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Why, because you say so? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes. Because unlike you, I'm not nasty. > > > > > > > > > > > > Untrue, you're nasty but you don't realise when you are being so. > > > > > > You're happy to beat on a blind man for example. > > > > > > > > > > An example of which would be..? > > > > > > > > The long-running attacks on James by the PolitBuro. > > > > > > And that's Peter's fault because..? > > > > Because he takes part in those attacks. > > An example of which would be..? The attacks that he makes on James in this group.
From: Jim on 6 Jun 2010 12:22
Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > > > > And that's Peter's fault because..? > > > > > > Because he takes part in those attacks. > > > > An example of which would be..? > > The attacks that he makes on James in this group. An example of which would be..? An actual usenet article example, since you appear not to be picking up on that? Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ |