Re: Reporting Spam in Google Groups

Tim Little <tim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

:On 2008-03-29, Fred J  McCall <fmccall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
:> Why is it some people can't conceive of the idea that others might
:> disagree with them without "missing the point"?
:
:My guess would be that it is because some people, including you, never
:mention anything to indicate that they recognise what the point is.
:

So I guess I'll return the favour and also assume that YOU are an
ignorant git, since I've seen no evidence that you recognize what the
point is, either.

:
:> Have you ASKED your boss about this?
:
:Why would I need to?  Personal web browsing, use of email, and other
:forms of communication during breaks is explicitly permitted in our IT
:policy.
:

How nice.  So what are you so defensive about, again?

:We're even allowed to make personal phone calls, which certainly cost
:*much* more than a few hundred kilobytes of internet data.

I see you don't get the point.

:> If not, you have no idea whether they "give a damn" about it or not.
:
:Obviously false.
:

Obviously true.  Since they have a published policy and you have read
it, you effective have 'asked them'.

If you hadn't, you would have no idea of whether they give a damn or
not.

-- 
"Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the
 truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong."
                               -- Thomas Jefferson