From: dwayne (dwayne@pobox.com)
Date: Thu Jun 03 1999 - 23:54:15 MDT
"O'Regan, Emlyn" wrote:
> I think if people's personal attacks on each other could make people
> laugh until it hurt, no-one would be quite so cranky about the whole
> flamewar problem, because it wouldn't be so boring.
>
> The key is probably to drop all pretense at rational debate, and just
> get down to some good old character assassination. But its got to be
> stylish! We are talking innuendo, double entendre (can I even spell
> it?), or maybe proving that postors are actually (failing) turing test
> candidates.
Absolutely. Well-written flames are hysterically funny. Not that mine
was, I just felt like saying it.
Dwayne
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