[Rhodes22-list] Re: Rhodes22-list Digest, Vol 795, Issue 1

[Michel Meltzer]

Holy sh-t, the guys now created a web site
http://www.pakin.org/complaint?title=&firstname=Slim&gender=m&shorttype=
f&pgraphs=3








> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-
> bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill Effros
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 5:46 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Rhodes22-list Digest, Vol 795, Issue
1
> 
> Looks like a complaint generator to me...and if it's not, it shouldn't
> take more than 15 minutes to knock out all the variables and insert
new
> ones.
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> 
> 
> Michel Meltzer wrote:
> 
> >I can not believe it, I got this letter complaining about Slim :-)
see
> >below, Some about "customer support"....................
> >
> >-MJM
> >
> >
> >Slim's pronouncements are entirely disgusting -- so much so, that if
> >there are any children or sensitive people reading this letter, I
> >suggest that they stop now and not read what I am about to describe.
> >Here's a quick review: I'd advise Slim to stop being so froward.
Sadly,
> >lack of space prevents me from elaborating further. He is bad enough
> >when he's alone, but Slim is even worse when he's joined by feral
> >fussbudgets. Daily, the truth is being impressed upon us that I am
not
> >up on the latest gossip. Still, I have heard people say that it is
more
> >than a purely historical question to ask, "How did his reign of
terror
> >start?" or even the more urgent question, "How might it end?". No, we
> >must ask, "Why doesn't he reveal the truth about himself?" As you
ponder
> >the answer to that question, consider that if you can make any sense
out
> >his profligate epithets, then you must have gotten higher marks in
> >school than I did. Above all, Slim has no evidence or examples to
back
> >up his point.
> >
> >Slim's ramblings can be subtle. They can be so subtle that many
people
> >never realize they're being influenced by them. That's why we must
> >proactively notify humanity that Slim writes a lot of long statements
> >that mean practically nothing. What's sneaky is that he constructs
those
> >statements in such a way that it never occurs to his readers to
analyze
> >them. Analysis would almost certainly indicate that Slim's trucklers
> >don't represent an ideology. They don't represent a legitimate
political
> >group of people. They're just flat inaniloquent. Something recently
> >occurred to me that might occur to Slim, as well, if he would just
turn
> >down the volume of his voice for a moment: I want to see all of us
> >working together to complain about huffy hell-raisers. Yes, this is
an
> >idealistic approach to actualizing our restorative goals.
Nevertheless,
> >you should realize that Slim ignores the most basic ground rule of
> >debate. In case you're not familiar with it, that rule is: attack the
> >idea, not the person. As stated earlier, he says that his decisions
are
> >based on reason. What balderdash! What impudence! What treachery!
This
> >is a free country, and I feel we ought to keep it that way. This
raises
> >the question: In view of Slim's gormless criticisms, what does it
make
> >sense for us to do now? The answer should be self-evident, so let me
> >just point out that Slim claims that individual worth is defined by
> >race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin. I respond that there
are
> >lessons to be learned from history.
> >
> >Now, why all this fuss about a few insolent agendas? Simply put, it's
> >because it has been said that one difference between Slim's yes-men
and
> >other dark forces of anarchy and hatred is that the former intend to
> >pour a few drops of wormwood into our general enthusiasm. I, in turn,
> >maintain that even when the facts don't fit, Slim sometimes tries to
use
> >them anyway. He still maintains, for instance, that my bitterness at
him
> >is merely the latent projection of libidinal energy stemming from
> >self-induced anguish. I suspect that the best way to overcome
> >misunderstanding, prejudice, and hate is by means of reason, common
> >sense, clear thinking, and goodwill. Slim, in contrast, believes that
> >the sun rises just for him. The conclusion to draw from this conflict
of
> >views should be obvious: When a mistake is made, the smart thing to
do
> >is to admit it and reverse course. That takes real courage. The way
that
> >Slim stubbornly refuses to own up to his mistakes serves only to
> >convince me that he says that everyone would be a lot safer if he
were
> >to monitor all of our personal communications and financial
transactions
> >-- even our library records. Why on Earth does he need to monitor our
> >library records? You see, he labels anyone he doesn't like as
> >"incontinent". That might well be a better description of Slim.
> >
> >Slim has, at times, called me "unenlightened" or "insipid". Such
> >contemptuous name-calling has passed far beyond the stage of being
> >infantile but harmless. It has the capacity to make a mockery of our
> >most fundamentally held beliefs. Let me give you an important hint:
When
> >trying to understand what he is up to, look at what he is doing and
what
> >he has done. Don't let yourself be distracted by the patter and the
> >hand-waving; keep your eye on the shell that has the pea under it.
And
> >focus your mind on the fact that those of us who are still sane,
those
> >of us who still have a firm grip on reality, those of us who still
> >assert that mankind, with all of its accumulated knowledge, wonderful
> >machines, scientific methods, and material power, still has much to
fear
> >from lecherous trolls like him, have an obligation to do more than
just
> >observe what he is doing from a safe distance. We have an obligation
to
> >upbraid him for being so sadistic. We have an obligation to admonish
him
> >not seven times, but seventy times seven. And we have an obligation
to
> >beat him at his own game.
> >
> >You don't have to say anything specifically about Slim for him to
start
> >attacking you. All you have to do is dare to imply that we should
> >indicate in a rough and approximate way the two depraved tendencies
that
> >I believe are the main driving force of modern isolationism. I am not
> >going to go into too great a detail about deplorable miscreants, but
be
> >assured that if you think you can escape from his deranged
wisecracks,
> >then good-bye and good luck. To the rest of you I suggest that Slim's
> >desire to conspire with evil is the chief sign that he's a filthy
> >menace. (The second sign is that Slim feels obliged to rule with an
iron
> >fist.) The bottom line is that Slim provides simplistic answers to
> >complex problems.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-
> >>bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Robert Skinner
> >>Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 2:28 PM
> >>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> >>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Rhodes22-list Digest, Vol 795,
Issue
> >>
> >>
> >1
> >
> >
> >>Slim,
> >>
> >>I know it's a foreign concept for someone lucky enough to be using
the
> >>relatively stable Apple operating systems, but you did forget to
tell
> >>him to change his internet parameters and reboot his machine.  Or,
for
> >>that real outsourced-customer-support feel, you could have advised
him
> >>to fire up regedit make some changes...
> >>
> >>Carry on!
> >>
> >>/Bob
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