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

[Wallace Buck]

MJM,

Too funny! So that is what ran Steve off....

Wally


>From: Michel Meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: 'The Rhodes 22 mail list' <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Rhodes22-list Digest, Vol 795, Issue 1
>Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 09:43:43 -0500
>
>Slim, It is me yanking your chain, pulling your leg, you been "had",
>etc...... this guy never answered.... See http://www.pakin.org/complaint
>(read some of the bottom links :-), none of it is real, there is no
>website after you, it the computer version of a "Madlib" that you played
>as a kid. A very good version... every time you "click" on the page a
>new random one is generated.
>
>Sorry, Some people spotit right off, I thought you would pick up in it
>when I posted the link for the site, but I have to admit I more fun when
>it "Takes a while" to catch on................
>
>I used to use is a lot more years ago, any time someone complained about
>me, a couple of people spent days responding "point by point" to some of
>them on the list, the first victim was steve little, it drove him so
>crazy he was afraid that he ran away from the list, figure the
>"complaint" website was going to get him fired :-)
>
>Sorry.........
>-mjm
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-
> > bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Slim
> > Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 3:17 AM
> > To: Rhodes22-list
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Rhodes22-list Digest, Vol 795, Issue
>1
> >
> > Yikes!  The guy's bipolar/OCD.  (obsessive, compulsive disorder)
> > Not fun anymore.  MJM--Get him off me!
> >
> > On 1/7/06 4:53 PM, "Michel Meltzer" <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 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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