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- From: keegan@acm.rpi.edu (James G. Keegan Jr.)
- Subject: Re: Nyikos is not a world class idiot...yet (was Re: The battle is won. So long for now.)
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- References: <1992Nov17.213934.21788@pwcs.stpaul.gov> <jgx1kzj@rpi.edu> <1992Nov18.143556.12606@pwcs.stpaul.gov> <1992Nov18.222658.12320@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:16:56 GMT
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- gjh@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Galen J. Hekhuis) writes:
- ->chrisl@stpaul.gov (Chris A Lyman) writes:
- ->}keegan@acm.rpi.edu (James G. Keegan Jr.) writes:
- ->}> while this may be an unpopular statement, i don't think
- ->}> you should run a net.idiot election for Phoney. he's
- ->}> too new and hasn't earned the multi-newsgroup
- ->}> disrespect over time that darcy, k*nt, t*d have.
- ->}> conducting a vote for Phoney would be like giving a kid
- ->}> who won a few golden gloves matches a heavyweight title
- ->}> shot.
- ->}
- ->}I see your point. The Perfesser has been active in other newsgroups
- ->}but I don't think he has accrued the low esteem elsewhere that he has
- ->}in talk.abortion. He has certainly earned the title of group.idiot
- ->}by acclamation.
- ->}
- ->}Perhaps over time, a broader exposure of his unique talents in other
- ->}forums will bring him a chair (a high chair, actually) on the Council.
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- ->I tend to agree. While Peter shows promise, he has yet to demonstrate
- ->his unique talents across the net, as the other members of the Council
- ->have. I think that group.idiot might be fairly appropriate, but
- ->he doesn't seem to have the stature yet (have faith, give him time)
- ->to be a genuine net.idiot.
-
- this is pretty much how i see it. of course, Phoney is
- an idiot, but he's a fairly local idiot.
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