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Duncan wrote: |
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> Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> posted |
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> gb6pop$997$1@×××××××××.org, excerpted below, on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:35:57 |
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> +0100: |
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>>> This is an old rhetorical trick (I don't know its name in English): You |
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>>> impute that I claimed things which I never said - of course, then it is |
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>>> easy for you to prove that these things are wrong. |
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>> What, like saying my point was only about saving two tokens? |
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>>> I _never_ suggested to use code from stone-age for ebuilds |
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>> You did as far as I am concerned. |
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> Careful please, both of you. This bit looks like it could be headed |
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> personal, and I don't believe that's in the interest of anyone. |
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Eh, I feel that's slightly taken out of context, in that we both smiled at |
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each other during the course of the discussion, and I wouldn't have made |
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such a long post if I hadn't both respected Vaeth and thought it was a |
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technical discussion (now that we have project. I'm cross-posting this for |
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for those who only follow dev; please follow up to project if you wish to |
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comment further.) I did thank him at the end too, to keep it civil. |
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Having said that, you're right that it could be read like that, and I |
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applaud your acting to stop any suggestion of it. |
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Guess I was being a bit Germanic ;-) |
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