Actually, Hemipower (the guy Arnoldo said that to) decided to take it as a
joke and respond with a funny comment, which was a great way to deal with it
and defused the situation immediately. That looked like the end of it right
there. Now we're gonna get another fifty e-mails about it, thanks.
- Alex
> From: Richard A Pyburn <rap777@juno.com>
> Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:24:27 -0600
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: ATTN: Arnold Silva
>
> Russ:
>
> My hat's off to you, man. Are you in the Diplomatic Corps. or something?
> Man, I could never be that nice to someone who said something like that,
> but, this is exactly what we need on the list. Let's face it, the reason
> we have Dakotas is because most of us are ultra-testosterone-saurated men
> who can't get enough power and will typically respond to hostilituy with
> more hostility.
>
> You are an example for all of us. When presented with a rasher of
> unadulterad bull$#!% we need to step back, take a deep breath and respond
> as you did. On the other hand, if the instigator is within arm's reach we
> can always pound the crap out of him ;^)
>
> Thanks for the great response,
>
> Richard in San Antonio
> On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 07:59:23 -0800 (PST) xjruss@excite.com writes:
>> Hey Arnold,
>> Using the phrase, "blow yourself" is probably not the best way
>> to make
>> friends with the people on this list. There are some extremely
>> knowledgeable people on this list and nobody deserves to be insulted
>> for
>> correcting your mistake. You should be thankful that these great
>> people
>> have informed you that you have a 4.7, not a 4.9, because now you
>> will be
>> able to avoid any future embarrassment concerning the matter. Learn
>> a
>> little humility, and have a good laugh about it just like everyone
>> else
>> here.
>> Have a nice day.
>>
>> Russ
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