Oshi-dashi'd message

[Basten <cbasten@statgen.ncsu.edu>]

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From: "John Banta @ basspet" <jebanta@basspet.com>
Subject: Re: GHMEMGWGWA Contest
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Of course, another possibility is that most of us just saw the message as a
troll and just choose not to respond. I think that most of us subscribe to
the (rather non-pc) theory that 'Winning a flame war is like winning the
Special Olympics. You may have a Gold Medal, but you're still an idiot.'

This might make a good poll subject for Moti.
Did you think that Gojira's post was:
1. An attempt to be funny?
2. A troll?
or
3. I have no idea, I started to read it, saw it was off topic and ignored it?

John Banta

At 09:31 AM 10/2/2002, you wrote:
>Oh brother. I'm actually surprised that I didn't get more replies of this
>nature. It appears that most of you took my original post for what it was
>and not as an insult to Mr. Anderson. By the way Gai, I think that the
>winner of the previous contest has forfeited his prize and the t-shirt
>should be awarded to the runner-up.
<snip>
> > This is pretty pathetic!...Get a life Gojira!
> > What kind of person are you to denigrate a fellow BS player without a
>grasp
> > of the person behind the shikona? I have met Gai. He is a lovely man...and
> > his family.
> > You are grossly off-beam here, and you deserve a kick up the proverbial
> > butto.
> > Boltono.
<snip>
> > >> Poor guy. One might think that he would have more on his mind with a
>family
> > >> trip in the works than to worry about creating this contest. I'm
>betting
> > >> that he has no other contacts outside this list and just wanted to tell
> > >> someone about his planned vacation. If my hunch is correct his total
>e-mail
> > >> count should be roughly equivalent to the number of e-mails the list
> > >> receives while he's away. Enjoy those Finger Lakes!
> > >
> > > OK, I shouldn't even post here until I catch up on my e-mail
> > > with fellow sumo mailing list members, but this post really
> > > bothered me. I hope you meant this as a joke. Otherwise, it's
> > > not only way off the mark as a hunch, but pretty tacky as well.