================================================ Subject: Re: The Fortress From: To: Date: Tue 28 Aug 2001 06:16:30 +0000 ================================================ well said, tara...i had a rather long-winded diatribe in response to your previous email, but my 'puter crashed before i could send it...just let me say, i agree with you 100%...and it's time for me to remind everyone that we are here because of our love of creed, so everyone needs to go and listen to 'one' and come back here with a better attitude! (hey lisa, i need the blanket, i know i'm gonna get mailbombed here...) Lee -- ~~they laugh at us because we're different; we laugh at them because they're all the same~~Drowning Pool ~~Be careful what you learn, sometimes knowing burns~~Virgos Merlot > Remember, though, that Jim is an avid... umm... "unsupporter" of MSN. A lot > of the information he receives is probably also from people and sites that > are against MSN... there's a difference between purposefully putting out > false information and making a mistake. I don't know what claims were made > on either side, who was wrong or right, and what proofs each side had (like > I said, I deleted most of those threads), and I really don't care. Arguing > about operating systems is one thing, while searching for any petty little > reason to pick apart someone is another. (And for the record, I'm not > saying you did that, Debbi, just attempting to make a point). The way I see > this whole thing is like a group of playground bullies ganging up on one kid > because they don't like the shoes he's wearing, and because the kid had the > gall to say that he likes his shoes better than the shoes that the bullies > are wearing. > I can understand you having some loyalty for the place that pays your bills, > but realize that one person's opinion and thoughts aren't going to change > the minds of the masses. I like Jim, but I'm not planning on dumping > Windows because he doesn't like it. My computer came with W95, I upgraded > to 98, I hosted for Microsoft Chat for two years... there are things I both > like and dislike about MS, but I'm not going to stop using their products > because a friend of mine doesn't like them. I think that MS has enough > clients that Jim's comments to this list, whether said comments are true or > false, aren't going to break them. > Another "for the record": I'm not trying to provoke another argument, or > continue the OS wars argument, I'm just trying to defend someone whom I > happen to like and who is generally a pretty decent guy with some > interesting thoughts and ideas. > Tara To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp