Re: HELMETS!!!

Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

> Bill Zaumen wrote:
> > Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> >
> > You misquoted me, asshole.
> 
> Ooooh - Little Billy used a naughty word!!!
> Direct citation for the misquote please.

Sherman, I'm not going to play your "waste my time by
getting me to go through old posts" game, particular
when you gave an example in the post I'm replying to
(see below).

> I did not post anything claiming to be a quote from Zaumen with
> altered text (other than possibly some snipping indicated by ellipses,
> which of course is perfectly proper), so Zaumen must be either
> mistaken or lying.

You don't have to literally quote text when you state that
someone said something they didn't say.

> 
> Ranting generally implies a disregard for reality, which was not
> evident. The real disregard for reality is believing that foam bicycle
> hats are effective in reducing serious head injuries and deaths.

The term "ranting" is quite appropriate for your anti-helmet
posts.

> >>>> Other people have no problem viewing the video clip.
> >>> So what?
> >> So why did Zaumen imply that I was inventing what was on the page?

.... see - an example of the sort of  misquoting I mentioned since
I never implied that: I listed several alternatives ranging from
imagining something to ranting, and I stated that my viewer didn't
show the clip (so I had no way of telling).

"Imagining" something might include a clip that merely showed
someone incidentally wearing a helmet - given Sherman's opinions,
it wouldn't surprise me if even that would set him off.

<rest of this moron's rant snipped>

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