Re: A mostly confessional note about cranks, from a reformed sucker (I hope.)

From: Aatu Koskensilta <aatu.koskensilta@xxxxxx>
Date: 11 Dec 2008 00:32:29 +0200

"gb6724@xxxxxxxxx" <gb6724@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

A kid comes online. You call him a crank in front of his class.
He commits suicide.

Yes, that happens all the time on sci.math. Yours is a noble calling,
protecting the innocent.

--
Aatu Koskensilta (aatu.koskensilta@xxxxxx)

"Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen"
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
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