Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:43:00 -0400
From: Theodore Ts'o 
To: Dean Anderson 
Subject: Re: Proper behaviour towards irritating persons (RE: I'm not going
    to listen...)

On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 01:40:35AM -0400, Dean Anderson wrote:
> These are generally good rules.  Too bad you don't follow them.
>
> Crocker, Royer, and Alvestrand et al should try to apply rule 1 to
> themselves.  The fact that they engage in personal attacks (including
> further attacks of "having to put up with Mr. Anderson", "Proper behavior
> towards irritating persons [Anderson and Staff]") demonstrates that they
> have no rational arguments to make.  It is an axiom that personal attacks
> are the last resort of the wrong and weak-minded. I'll leave it up to
> others to categorize those making the personal attacks.  They are very
> vague about my "egregious irrational bad behavior", yet I am very specific
> about theirs.

OK, let's see the specifics about your claim of "well-known,
court-proven liars" and "court-proven liars".

                                                - Ted