Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 03:04:22 -0500 (EST) From: Sodiering in the Army of the Lord <plongeur@m-net.arbornet.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU>, Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org>, Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, Harry Tabak <htabak@quadtelecom.com>, <dever@getaclue.net>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter. Message-ID: <20021231030334.G31829-100000@m-net.arbornet.org> In-Reply-To: <3E114BE7.122C6826@mindspring.com>
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I have no idea what you're talking about. I really don't. I just found the letter humourous, and responded with it to a random thread. On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > Sodiering in the Army of the Lord wrote: > > > Lenin was being fed only selected information by his wife, at the > > > time, information which was intentionally biased, by her, against > > > Stalin. Most historical sources ascribe his succeptability to such > > > manipulation by his wife to his disease. By the time Lenin died in > > > January of 1924, he had suffered four severe strokes which left him > > > partially paralyzed and unable to speak. > > > > That's just great, terry. > > Forgive me if I look at the bigger picture, and, by analogy, > suggest you look at the context in which your own situation > exists. I just thought it rather an ironic choice of quote. > > If you are going to make a veiled threat by allegory, in the > future, you may wish to consider your allegory more carefully, > oh "plunger". > > The grievance in the letter you quoted, wherein Lenin defends his > wife against Stalin's imprecations -- which happened to be accurate, > in the situation -- was no more real than your own grievance, which > causes you to post as you do. Lenin had no real truth on his side > when he made his claims; but at least he could plead "diminished > capacity", in defense of his tirade, should it have come to that. > > -- Terry > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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