Re: Declaration of Geneva: "sisters and brothers"?

From	David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Newsgroups	comp.programming
Subject	Re: Declaration of Geneva: "sisters and brothers"?
Date	2016-12-15 13:37 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 14/12/16 17:30, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 14/12/16 16:02, David Brown wrote:
>> On 14/12/16 16:49, BartC wrote:
>>> On 14/12/2016 09:22, David Brown wrote:
>>>> On 13/12/16 18:03, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>>>>> "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Geneva
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Declaration of Geneva, as currently published by the World
>>>>>> Medical
>>>>>> Association[6] reads:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 7th sentence: "My colleagues will be my sisters and brothers"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why is this sentence necessary? :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Why was this cross-post necessary?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why is anything Mr. Man-wai Chang posts necessary?  He seems to just
>>>> have random thoughts and post them to a random collection of
>>>> newsgroups.
>>>>  He apparently does not read or understand any replies, but uses
>>>> them to
>>>> inspire new random thoughts.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You've only just realised this?
>>>
>>
>> No, I've been ignoring Chang's posts for a long time (I gave him the
>> benefit of the doubt when he started in c.l.c.).  He goes in the same
>> bucket as Fir and Ramine - there is always a chance that they
>> accidentally post something interesting or that triggers a useful
>> thread, but mostly they are to be ignored.  However, it is perhaps
>> useful occasionally to remind such posters of what they are doing - it's
>> always nice to think that they might change their ways.
> 
> Experience suggests otherwise (although Ioannis Vranos, in comp.lang.c,
> was a notable counter-example).
> 

Repeatedly flying in the face of experience to make the same mistakes
again and again is part of what makes us human.  Maybe /this/ time, the
poster will listen to reason.

That reminds me, I must buy a ticket for this week's lottery...

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Declaration of Geneva: "sisters and brothers"? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-12-13 21:27 +0800
  Re: Declaration of Geneva: "sisters and brothers"? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-13 17:03 +0000
    Re: Declaration of Geneva: "sisters and brothers"? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-12-14 10:22 +0100
      Re: Declaration of Geneva: "sisters and brothers"? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-14 15:49 +0000
        Re: Declaration of Geneva: "sisters and brothers"? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-12-14 17:02 +0100
          Re: Declaration of Geneva: "sisters and brothers"? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-14 16:30 +0000
            Re: Declaration of Geneva: "sisters and brothers"? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-12-15 13:37 +0100
      Re: Declaration of Geneva: "sisters and brothers"? Kaz Kylheku <221-501-9011@kylheku.com> - 2016-12-14 16:01 +0000

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