??? Excuse me!? Now *I* am the one going nuts, eh??? :-(
I can't believe that. Here I am trying to defend myself from people calling me names for no reasonable reason and I am the one going nuts... Go figure... Marcus PS: BTW, I find it strange that my response apparently didn't get published or something... Censure, perhaps?... Hmm... Just wondering... On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 09:13:03 Brian J White wrote: >Yea...I don't get it either. >Marcus is going nuts. > >At 10:12 2003-12-07 -0500, Mighty Chimp wrote: >>OH MY! I can't believe what I am seeing here. Infighting between metric >>supporters over issues of minor insignificance. I can assure you folks, you >>will not see any infighting between imperial supporters on the BWMA site. >>Can you imagine for once what message this sends to others, both the >>non-committed and to the opposition? >> >>This forum, I don't believe, is meant to be a battleground for this type of >>issue. Let's end it now and any disagreements be argued out privately. >> >>Euric >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Saturday, 2003-12-06 21:04 >>Subject: [USMA:27786] Re: USMA membership >> >> >> > On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 16:42:49 >> > James Frysinger wrote: >> > >Well put, Carl. >> > > >> > >Indeed, the economic principles of a public good are involved here. >>Further, >> > >to believe that information is free is not only naive but it has never >>been >> > >generally correct. The existence of some free information does not imply >>that >> > >all information is or should be free. >> > > >> > >Jim >> > >... >> > ??? And may I respectfully inquire what you guys are meaning with this >>'public good' thing, please? >> > >> > In my dictionary, public good takes precedence over ANY other thing. >>This, *to me* is a Christian principle *I* would always abide by. In other >>words, I really don't care about things costing money or not if there could >>be a better good for people!!! >> > >> > What I mean is, if I see something would be benefitial to others *WHO >>CARES* if it cost ME even thousands of dollars???? I'm not selfish (and >>please, I'm not accusing ANYONE of being selfish, by the way, before any of >>you jump on my throat for saying this, ok?!). I have NO qualms whatsoever >>to partake the little I have or know with others! This is an integral part >>of who I am or what I believe in! Unless doing so would be illegal, of >>course! >> > >> > Anyhow, I'm really tired of all this wrangling of having my intentions >>been blown way out of proportion and of continuing name calling and stuff >>like that. So, this is probably the last I'll speak on this subject. >>Besides I see no added benefit of continuing this discussion. >> > >> > So, let's call it a day, or truce, or whatever, we all need some peace >>here, shall we? (Thanks...) >> > >> > Marcus >> > >> > >> > ____________________________________________________________ >> > Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! >> > Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus >> > >> > > > ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
