Usenet today is not what it used to be. I am only here to make life
miserable for Mike Vandeman should he ever show up again on RBS. But I
think he is gone for good.
Vandeman, liked a stopped clock, was right about a few things, but he was
never consistent about anything. I cut him a lot of slack because of a
few of his pet issues with which I agreed, but eventually I realized he
had a one track mind. He was not only a crackpot, but a crank too. Such
people are extremely tiresome because you can never have a real
conversation with them. All they ever do is just spin, spin, spin! He
thought you could reform those coming to this country from south of the
border to be good environmentalists. I realized at that point that he was
nuts! He was indefatigable, but I was more indefatigable.
Between the two of us we pretty much destroyed RBS as a working
newsgroup. But I think Usenet was already dying. It was exciting when it
was new, but it seems like it is now dead. Usenet always needed monitors
which it never had. Frankly, I was not sorry to see it go.
Ed Dolan - Minnesota
"pH" wrote in message news:
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On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 1:58:36 PM UTC-7, Edward Dolan wrote:
MIke Vandeman is a crackpot. He is not susceptible to reasonable argument.
I
gave up on him when I learned he was a typical California leftist who
favored immigration from south of the border even though he professes
concern about the environment. His left hand does not know what his right hand is doing. Usenet is well rid of him.
Ed Dolan - Minnesota
Holy Smokes, It's Ed Dolan the Great.
Hi, Mr. D. Long time no hear and it's good to see you are still keeping
track of Usenet.
I'm a Californian and I certainly understand your sentiments about of a lot
of my co-inhabitants.
My mom was a legal immigrant from Latvia after WWII who had to jump through
a lot of hoops to get here. She is not real pleased w/ who some people are "jumping the line" these days.
I hope you keep in mind that there are a lot of people here who are not "typical" leftists.
Based on what I know so far I do agree with you about Mr. Vandeman's opions
so far. He brings to mind some of the militant Vegan postings I've seen
over the years.
Welcome back!
pH in Aptos
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