Re: 15 million fools

From	"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Newsgroups	alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage, misc.writing, soc.culture.usa, talk.politics.misc
Subject	Re: 15 million fools
Date	2016-01-01 14:57 +0000
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On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 03:00:40 -0000, Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:12:47 -0000, "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 08:22:33 -0000, James Hogg <Jas.Hogg@goutmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Mr. B1ack wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:23:21 -0000, "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 18:58:53 -0000, Dr. Jai Maharaj <alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article <op.yagzluoy86ebyl@red.lan>,
>>>>>> "Mr Macaw" <n...@spam.com> posted:
>>>>>>> 15 million people have spelt length as lenght on the
>>>>>>> internet, and they actually think it's correct, not just
>>>>>>> a typo!
>>>>>> "spelt"
>>>>>> about 12,700,000 search results.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "spelled"
>>>>>> about 50,500,000 search results.
>>>>> Those are both words, with a subtle difference not many people care about.  In my example, lenght is not a word.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    "Spelt" is English english. "Spelled" is more the American version.
>>>>
>>>>    "Pleaded" and "runned" are American 'Blinglish' ... the slow death
>>>>    of the irregular verb.
>>>
>>> Some American dove in and rescued it.
>>
>> I'm never sure if I'd rescue someone from drowning.  If I do, it shows
>> I'm braver than all the other pathetic people stood watching.  But.... the
>> guy drowning should have learnt to swim properly, so why should I
>> save him?
>
>    Tisk ... all about YOU .......
>
>    Seems you were never schooled in the Golden Rule, the
>    foundation of ethics - empathy 101.

Do you have empathy for an idiot?  If you see someone deliberately doing something stupid and about to kill himself, would you stop him?  Why?  Why does the world need him alive?

-- 
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history--with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

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Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-30 22:19 -0500
  Re: 15 million fools James Hogg <Jas.Hogg@gOUTmail.com> - 2015-12-31 09:22 +0100
    Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 17:12 +0000
      Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-31 22:00 -0500
        Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 17:47 +1100
          Re: 15 million fools musika <mUs1Ka@NOSPAMexcite.com> - 2016-01-01 08:16 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 19:30 +1100
          Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 14:58 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:52 -0500
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:42 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:54 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:09 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:47 -0500
            Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:42 +0000
        Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 14:57 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:54 -0500
            Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:44 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:55 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:10 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:32 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:25 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 11:56 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 17:21 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 17:44 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:38 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 23:12 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-05 22:16 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-05 22:04 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 20:09 +0000
  Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 17:11 +0000
    Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-31 22:36 -0500
      Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 18:12 +1100
        Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 22:17 -0500
      Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 11:00 +0000
        Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 19:46 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 19:54 +0000
        Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 22:41 -0500
          Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:46 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:52 -0500
              Re: 15 million fools RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2016-01-02 22:03 -0700
              Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-03 17:34 +1100
              Re: 15 million fools Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-03 11:31 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:40 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-04 10:13 +1100
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-05 16:43 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 17:36 -0500
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 18:36 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:54 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:27 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 17:58 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:40 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 09:06 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:15 +0000
      Re: 15 million fools Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> - 2016-01-02 17:29 -0800
        Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:09 +0000

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