Re: Surrogate factoring, theory versus implementation

From: David Kastrup (dak_at_gnu.org)
Date: 01/23/05 

Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:44:24 +0100

David C. Ullrich <ullrich@math.okstate.edu> writes:

> On 23 Jan 2005 08:51:42 -0800, jstevh@msn.com wrote:
>
>>You may also find that you will be verbally abused if you just make a
>>cogent reply without joining in the gang behavior of simply trying to
>>*claim* I'm wrong.
>>
>>In my experience that is a serious fear for most of you. You do not
>>wish to look stupid, in such a public arena, and you do not want to
>>anger the posters who make it a point of going after people who don't
>>follow a certain line.
>
> Guffaw. Is this a new one? The many people who agree you're right
> about everything are just afraid to speak up for fear of the rest
> of us?

The rest of _us_? No, himself. Making a cogent reply is certain to
get you verbally abused by _him_. And _he_ goes after people who
don't follow his line.

While I doubt that many people are _afraid_ of that, it _is_ a
consideration that makes quite a few one stop bothering with him after
a while. In disgust. 

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

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