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Re: Anti-intellectualism in fandom

by Daniel Silevitch <dmsilev@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Feb 9, 2008 at 01:08 PM

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 00:20:49 -0500, pete-moss <papajim7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

I'm pretty sure Keith was (correctly) objecting to you're posting using 
HMTL and multi-part MIME. Please set your newsreader software to put out 
plain text.

-dms

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>   Wrong.  Try again.
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>   Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
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Anti-intellectualism in fandom

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2008-02-03 18:33:27

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2008-02-08 19:43:48

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2008-02-09 00:20:49

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2008-03-08 01:33:21

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2008-02-09 01:48:58

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2008-02-10 19:36:07

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2008-02-06 21:45:48

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2008-02-07 10:54:00

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