On 3/22/2012 9:39 AM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
John Fields wrote:
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Your: "My "feud" with JT began when I made fun of a goofy "scientific
breakthrough" press release from MIT, with no reference to JT. His
alma mater is apparently sacred to him, and he took it as a personal
insult. He responded by saying obscene and obviously untrue things
about my wife."

doesn't explain why, if you knew of Jim's affection for MIT and that
he'd take the insult personally, you didn't couch your post in a tone
more conducive to criticizing rationally instead of belittling by
making fun of.

I don't know why, but I guess you don't see what incredible sensitivity for
the school this requires. And I can't understand how anyone could assume
that anyone would be less sensitive about their wife than their school.

Calling someone a pimp for his future wife is orders of magnitude more
serious.

When Genome made a despicable comment about Jim's late son, Jim simply
replied that Genome would get no more assistance from him.

So the difference is obviously that this built up over a longer time, and
therefore it's not just because of isolated comments.

But the pimp remark stands out from the rest.



Something to keep in mind, "This is Usenet"
Anyone can say anything, and they do.
It should all fall away when you CLICK on the next post.
Mikek