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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal
Date: 10 Jun 2014 22:32:48 GMT
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On 2014-06-10, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2014.06.08, 15:57 , Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2014-06-08, android <here@there.was> wrote:
>>>
>>> It's not like we can't live without your efforts in this area. There are
>>> other working Usenet/NNTP clients for the Mac out there...
>>
>> Typically when I encounter something that someone else is doing that
>> doesn't interest me, I simply ignore it and move on to the next thing.
>> Apparently some individuals react to such situations completely
>> differently. Instead, several people in this group are actively
>> discouraging and protesting Doc's efforts.  Alan in particular, is
>> seemingly heavily invested in it. And now here's android doing the same
>> thing. I find this behavior extremely peculiar, and have to wonder how
>> they rationalize their behavior to themselves internally.
>
> I'm discouraging the means of it not the it.
>
> Indeed, as said the other day, If Doc will pull it down to scotch and 
> cigar level ($2500) I'll happily kick $20 into the pot.

...and if he asks for anything besides your approved scotch and a cigar,
you'll find any and every crappy excuse you can come up with to
blackball his efforts. Yes, we can see that's what you've been doing.
The real question is: why? Normal people simply realize they don't have
to give anyone their money if they don't want to, and then carry on with
their business to live happily ever after. 

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JR