Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 23:48:55 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Sodiering in the Army of the Lord <plongeur@m-net.arbornet.org> 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: <3E114BE7.122C6826@mindspring.com> References: <20021230222621.D61262-100000@m-net.arbornet.org>
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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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