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Martijn Faassen m.faassen at vet.uu.nl
Tue Jul 20 12:36:27 EDT 1999 
Graham Matthews <graham at sloth.math.uga.edu> wrote:
> Tim Peters (tim_one at email.msn.com) wrote:
> : Who said anything about agreeing?  You two obviously disagree, but
> : disagreement doesn't imply misunderstanding.  Heck, you've both repeated the
> : same unbudging positions so often even *I* understand what you're both
> : saying <wink>.
> :
> : + other equally useful contributions.

> What is the point of your post Tim? Getting your jollies from adding
> useless material to a thread?

Actually this makes Tim go up in his political standing in this newsgroup,
if this is possible. :)

Actually, no. This kind of post is actually socially useful. By adding
some lightness to a heated discussion it's sometimes possible to prevent
nastiness from occuring.

Of course I shouldn't give such Grand Usenet Secrets away; my Pythonic
political standing is sure to drop. :)

Regards,

Martijn
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