"George Leppla" > wrote in message
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>
> "Bob Muncie" > wrote in message
> ...
>> George Leppla wrote:
>>>
>>> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> George wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> "Rational persuasion" is something you will *never* see from
>>>>>> cyber****.
>>>>>
>>>>> Somehow.... someone talking about "rational persuasion" while calling
>>>>> someone "cyber****" just doesn't ring true.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rational people don't have to resort to crap like that.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm just saying.....
>>>>
>>>> It's possible to be completely rational and express contempt at the
>>>> same time. Do you disagree?
>>>
>>>
>>> You don't understand the difference between expressing contempt and
>>> simply calling someone a vulgar name? Let me help you:
>>>
>>> Bob, this sort of thing is beneath you. (contempt)
>>>
>>> Bob, you are a ****ing asshole. (vulgar name)
>>>
>>> Very simple. But if you like insulting people and having them insult
>>> you, have at it. It doesn't cost you much (except perhaps some lost
>>> respect) and it can be entertaining to the rest of us.
>>>
>>> George L
>>>
>>
>> George - Even though I was a bit rude to you recently, you make a good
>> point here.
>>
>> If more people spent time just being nice, doesn't it stand to reason,
>> that the posts will be more appropriate for all audiences? And also
>> possibly have more value to a Usenet group that should have an agenda
>> towards what it was created for?
>>
>> I apologize for any rudeness I may have shared with you. I will try to do
>> better.
>
>
> Bob,... my wife tells me that we are all works in progress and she is
> pretty smart.
>
> I think you and I had a misunderstanding and maybe we both got snarkey. I
> read the other post you just made where you said:
>
>>Can we start over on respecting each other now?
>
> Absolutely. No harm, no foul.
>

haha, hugs all around, you assholes! Just kidding. *Spitting on ****wiliger
on my way past.*