Re: Pronunciation Of _William_

If anyone is still reading this stupid thread, they must not have much
useful stuff to do. I've been deleting it for days now, but read this
one because it was posted by Don and I wondered what he had to say about
it.

On Sat, 2005-10-15 at 00:51 +0000, Don Stone wrote:
> Peter Stewart wrote:
> > "Don Stone" <don.stone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:paQ3f.14$%L.10@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>We seem to be stuck in a situation where two people each are determined to
> >>have the last word, and thus the "Pronunciation Of _William_" thread, now
> >>49 messages, could go on for weeks.
> >>
> >>If it really is the case that "we can all see through" the crude ploys of
> >>your opponent, why don't you "sit tight" when the inevitable response to
> >>your most recent message comes? Just let it pass.
> >
> > Because "we" in this case refers to people who are presently following the
> > thread - but Hines, like Richardson, relies on inattentive or casual readers
> > swallowing his unchallenged lies if he can get the last word, and his
> > misrepresentations going into an archive where people can pick up on these
> > cold later on.
>
> Suppose that someone reads through this _William_ thread in sgm, GEN-MED, or
> the archives, finding your well-written and well-reasoned posts alternating
> with posts consisting of such ingredients as "Hilarius Magnus Cum Laude,"
> "How Sweet It Is," "KAWHOMP!!!" and "KERSPLAT!!!" When this reader comes to
> the end of the thread and finds that the last post was not written by you,
> is it likely that he will say to himself "Well, Stewart must have realized
> he was wrong, because he didn't reply to this." I think careful readers of
> this forum are very unlikely to have this reaction. If inattentive or
> casual readers have this reaction or pick up some misconceptions, that's a
> hazard of inattentive or casual reading which no amount of eloquence or
> persistence on your part is going to solve, because these readers aren't
> paying much attention anyway.
>
> -- Don Stone

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