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

[Michel Meltzer]

Not the latest, about 8 years ago he was comapining that the boat rails
looked like cattle fences or something like that -mjm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-
> bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Wallace Buck
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:20 AM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Rhodes22-list Digest, Vol 795, Issue
1
> 
> 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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