Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Norman Wells Newsgroups: uk.net.news.moderation Subject: Re: In anticipation of Normans' next whinge Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:53:47 +0100 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <111t2pb$4uui$1@dont-email.me> <2062823774.17f4ce3c@uninhabited.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net jJZU0b8RwsNyTNspTeA5HQaaoRZZUMVS6Lq32sU4q6mOJ2WQio Cancel-Lock: sha1:bVK8063TNGGT0M/L3Mmbn/772zE= sha256:iAcIWj3tQjJ01zWQMM1o9Of2ilBZFf4zolaMnwhQDhs= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com uk.net.news.moderation:69908 On 29/06/2026 12:32, Jeff Gaines wrote: > On 29/06/2026 in message Norman Wells > wrote: > >> On 29/06/2026 09:52, Jeff Gaines wrote: >>> On 29/06/2026 in message Norman >>> Wells wrote: >>> >>>> He was using the gas without payment and without any valid non- >>>> payment agreement.  He was depriving its owner, whoever that was, >>>> permanently  of it. >>> >>> May I make a suggestion? >>> >>> If you word your point around an anonymous person using gas, possibly >>> without paying for it and possibly with no intention of paying for >>> it, then your posts cease to look like a personal attack (otherwise >>> known to pretentious twats as an "ad hom"). >> >> The above are the facts of the situation as he himself described. It's >> hardly a personal attack to repeat them. >> >> If you want to replace 'he' by 'an anonymous person' wherever it >> occurs, feel free, but it will be read the same way. > > If you make personal attacks the posts will be rejected, it's simple. > > I enjoy most of your posts but you need to ensure they are anonymised if > people are to read them, your choice. Why? It was a matter he initiated about his own personal situation. I've just been considering the facts as he stated them and applying the law to them. In such circumstances, it's absurd to try to anonymise the analysis as if it wasn't him. By the way, I've made no personal attacks on anyone.