From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Dec 31 0: 3:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3452237B401 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 00:03:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from arbornet.org (m-net.arbornet.org [209.142.209.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82AA543EC2 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 00:03:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from plongeur@m-net.arbornet.org) Received: from m-net.arbornet.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arbornet.org (8.12.3/8.11.2) with ESMTP id gBV84N13033439; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 03:04:23 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from plongeur@m-net.arbornet.org) Received: from localhost (plongeur@localhost) by m-net.arbornet.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) with ESMTP id gBV84NMs033425; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 03:04:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 03:04:22 -0500 (EST) From: Sodiering in the Army of the Lord To: Terry Lambert Cc: David Schultz , Dave Hayes , Brad Knowles , Harry Tabak , , Subject: Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter. In-Reply-To: <3E114BE7.122C6826@mindspring.com> Message-ID: <20021231030334.G31829-100000@m-net.arbornet.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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