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Old January 10th 05, 09:28 PM
Spike
 
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:00:12 -0000, "Nimrod" wrote:


"Spike" wrote in message
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On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 18:04:58 -0000, "Airy R.Bean"
wrote:

I don't follow URL's from Usenet - it is a bad debating style
to send your correspondents off to do reading. if you have
something of value to say, then please say it yourself.


groan

But if it's someone else's work, it is only correct to point to it.
After all, you might have a different interpretation of it....sheesh!


Standard practice for Gareth, has been so for years. Way back to the TMC
days. If he avoids research he can pretend it wasn't his fault when it goes
belly up.


Yes....When he was a student at his avant-garde university in the
turbulent sixties, I'll bet he never said to his lecturers "it is a
bad debating style to send your students off to do reading, if you
have something of value to say".
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