[Vision2020] Causing the power outage

[Douglas]

Visionaries,

And Tom,

A humorous response to grotesque slander is indicative of a lack of decency?

Suppose someone were to accuse me (in an ALL CAPS spittle flecked kind of 
way) of cannibalizing people in my basement. Suppose further that they 
signed their post with something like Oscar P. Tugmutton. And suppose you 
bought it, coming out foursquare against cannibalism. And then let's say a 
number of folks pointed out to you that Oscar was not the real name. Would 
it be an appropriate response to retract your gullible reaction by saying 
that Oscar's yahoo signature should have tipped you off? Leaving the 
impression that you think the charge itself was plausible, but that the 
source was not?

For the rest of you visionaries, you need to mark that I will *not* defend 
myself against anything that emerges from the Stambleresque quadrant of the 
forum. You also need to note that there are bystanders who do not see the 
inherent incoherence of the charges, and they are starting to bite.


Counting the dead rats floating on the pond of Moscow civil discourse,

Douglas Wilson





At 05:58 PM 8/15/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Mr. Wilson -
>
>Your attempt at what you perceive to be humor at my expense is indicative of
>your lack of decency.  This only serves to strengthen my opinion of yourself.
>
>May it further be stated that not only do I not credit you with the
>northeastern US blackout, I am just as certain that there is absolutely no
>truth to the rumor that you were on that grassy noll in Dallas on November 
>22,
>1963.
>
>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
> > Dear visionaries,
> >
> > I wanted to make sure that Tom noted the yahoo connection on a recent 
> post,
> > which should alert him to the fact that I did not in fact cause the power
> > outage.
> >
> > Cordially,
> >
> > Douglas Wilson
> >
> >
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