17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Alan Bostick
On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, Timothy C. May wrote:
It's always sad to see another sometimes-reasonable (though sometimes foaming) writer go down the Detweiler-Vulis route, e.g., by making his arguments hinge on calling me "Timmy" (what _is_ it with this nickname that makes it so damned attractive to Vulis, Vlad, and Attila?).
It's a meme, both self-perpetuating *and* spontaneously generating. The antagonist, in the passion of the moment, doesn't hit the space, shift, or 'A' keys while typing fast. Other people, insensed by the post, respond in kind, and so forth.
Does Timmy's middle initial (C.) _really stand for Cunt? --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps