That was an interesting post, H405, so I reread it twice. I think I get what you mean, but to be sure perhaps you could help me apply the principle you outlined. If one were to get an email that said something like this:

Ian (or should I say MAD POSTER?):

I would like to ask you one thing . . .

What exactly was the point of your little adventure on Christmas Eve?

And why did you feel the compulsion to make the same point SIXTY-SEVEN times over again --- before you feel that you made your point?

I am just curious as to what I did that pushed you to that point?

Please respond --- as I am certainly curious . . .

Thank you for your time . . .



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Kent Daniel Bentkowski
Buffalo, New York USA
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"I'd rather use the Nuclear Bomb, does that
bother you? I just want you to think BIG,
you're so goddamned concerned about the civilians."
--- U.S. President Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)
Excerpt from White House tapes released in March 2002
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Does this mean that no matter what I say or do, such a person could never be swayed one way or the other? Or is it something that I should simply deny SIXTY-EIGHT times, in the chance that a mere plurality would pique his curiosity?