Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss

Re: Joseph Stalin is dead. Boo hoo.

37 views
Skip to first unread message
Message has been deleted

Rebecca Ore

unread,
Jul 16, 2012, 8:14:18 PM7/16/12
to
In article <slrnk09av...@pjr.no-ip.org>,
Peter J Ross <p...@example.invalid> wrote:

> Joseph Stalin, Great Patriotic Leader of the Supreme Soviet Management
> Board and Chairman of the Dead Kulaks RMGrouping Subcommittee, has
> died. None of us ever met him or spoke to him, but we are nevertheless
> going to spend the rest of our lives in reverent mourning for him.
>
> I trust that nobody will be so offensive as to suggest that the
> Morally Perfect Father of Our Great Soviet Motherland was less than
> admirable in any way.

Fifty percent of the Russian population actually agrees with your post
and considers Stalin a good leader. He wasn't afraid to take unpopular
positions and got things done.

Down here, it's Che Guevara who get's the love, or the Somozas,
depending.

--
Rebecca Ore

Message has been deleted

Rebecca Ore

unread,
Jul 18, 2012, 10:39:17 PM7/18/12
to
In article <slrnk0dq4...@pjr.no-ip.org>,
Peter J Ross <p...@example.invalid> wrote:

> In news.groups on Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:14:18 -0600, Rebecca Ore
> *whooosh*

Just because someone was your tyrant, doesn't mean he wasn't someone
else's tourist attraction or national liberator.

--
Rebecca Ore

Message has been deleted

Rebecca Ore

unread,
Jul 19, 2012, 12:20:15 AM7/19/12
to
In article <slrnk0eun...@pjr.no-ip.org>,
Peter J Ross <p...@example.invalid> wrote:


>
> You seem to be under the impression that my post had something to do
> with Joseph Stalin.

You know that I'm aware of what you were trying to do.

--
Rebecca Ore

David Bostwick

unread,
Jul 19, 2012, 10:04:50 AM7/19/12
to
Rebecca Ore <macog...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:macogoense-3296A...@news.xcski.com:


[...]

>
> Just because someone was your tyrant, doesn't mean he wasn't someone
> else's tourist attraction or national liberator.
>

And this from a person who says Einstein had no redeeming qualities. To
use your yardstick, what's the relative body count?

Rebecca Ore

unread,
Jul 19, 2012, 10:22:58 PM7/19/12
to
In article <XnsA095668C1ABF5da...@216.168.3.70>,
What happened in Russia also morally can't really be compared to getting
rid of newsgroups that haven't been used for on-topic posts in over a
year, either. Einstein and Stalin both have higher body counts than
anyone on Usenet.

--
Rebecca Ore

Adam H. Kerman

unread,
Jul 19, 2012, 10:45:15 PM7/19/12
to
Rebecca Ore <macog...@gmail.com> wrote:
>David Bostwick <david.b...@chemistry.gatech.edu> wrote:
>>Rebecca Ore <macog...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>[...]

>>>Just because someone was your tyrant, doesn't mean he wasn't someone
>>>else's tourist attraction or national liberator.

>>And this from a person who says Einstein had no redeeming qualities. To
>>use your yardstick, what's the relative body count?

>What happened in Russia also morally can't really be compared to getting
>rid of newsgroups that haven't been used for on-topic posts in over a
>year, either. Einstein and Stalin both have higher body counts than
>anyone on Usenet.

Stalin killed people by the 10s of millions for reasons of busy work,
just like revising the checkgroups.

Aatu Koskensilta

unread,
Jul 20, 2012, 9:01:22 AM7/20/12
to
"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> writes:

> Rebecca Ore <macog...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>What happened in Russia also morally can't really be compared to
>>getting rid of newsgroups that haven't been used for on-topic posts in
>>over a year, either. Einstein and Stalin both have higher body counts
>>than anyone on Usenet.
>
> Stalin killed people by the 10s of millions for reasons of busy work,
> just like revising the checkgroups.

Right. Also, revising the checkgroups is very much like the Holocaust.

--
Aatu Koskensilta (aatu.kos...@uta.fi)

"Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, dar�ber muss man schweigen"
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

David Bostwick

unread,
Jul 20, 2012, 11:29:34 AM7/20/12
to
Rebecca Ore <macog...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:macogoense-356B9...@news.xcski.com:
I didn't compare anyone to a Netizen. You compared Stalin and Einstein.
Don't try to backpedal now.

Adam H. Kerman

unread,
Jul 20, 2012, 12:40:33 PM7/20/12
to
Aatu Koskensilta <aatu.kos...@uta.fi> wrote:
>"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> writes:
>>Rebecca Ore <macog...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>What happened in Russia also morally can't really be compared to
>>>getting rid of newsgroups that haven't been used for on-topic posts in
>>>over a year, either. Einstein and Stalin both have higher body counts
>>>than anyone on Usenet.

>>Stalin killed people by the 10s of millions for reasons of busy work,
>>just like revising the checkgroups.

>Right. Also, revising the checkgroups is very much like the Holocaust.

We're Godwin-ing the thread in a Russian manner.

For the Einstein comment, um, Splitting a newsgroup is just like
splitting the atom.

Aratzio

unread,
Jul 20, 2012, 6:38:20 PM7/20/12
to
On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:01:22 +0300, in the land of news.groups, Aatu
Koskensilta <aatu.kos...@uta.fi> got double secret probation for
writing:

>"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> writes:
>
>> Rebecca Ore <macog...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>What happened in Russia also morally can't really be compared to
>>>getting rid of newsgroups that haven't been used for on-topic posts in
>>>over a year, either. Einstein and Stalin both have higher body counts
>>>than anyone on Usenet.
>>
>> Stalin killed people by the 10s of millions for reasons of busy work,
>> just like revising the checkgroups.
>
> Right. Also, revising the checkgroups is very much like the Holocaust.

Right, Also, revising the checkgroups is very much like "crossing the
streams"

--

The Delimited Ratz

Aatu Koskensilta

unread,
Jul 20, 2012, 8:16:48 PM7/20/12
to
"monomorphism restriction" in Haskell.

Rebecca Ore

unread,
Jul 21, 2012, 12:47:28 AM7/21/12
to
In article <juagnr$i6b$1...@news.albasani.net>,
"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:

> Rebecca Ore <macog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >David Bostwick <david.b...@chemistry.gatech.edu> wrote:
> >>Rebecca Ore <macog...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>[...]
>
> >>>Just because someone was your tyrant, doesn't mean he wasn't someone
> >>>else's tourist attraction or national liberator.
>
> >>And this from a person who says Einstein had no redeeming qualities. To
> >>use your yardstick, what's the relative body count?
>
> >What happened in Russia also morally can't really be compared to getting
> >rid of newsgroups that haven't been used for on-topic posts in over a
> >year, either. Einstein and Stalin both have higher body counts than
> >anyone on Usenet.
>
> Stalin killed people by the 10s of millions for reasons of busy work,
> just like revising the checkgroups.

Dude, that's so silly it would be gigglesnorted at in the right group.

--
Rebecca Ore

Rebecca Ore

unread,
Jul 21, 2012, 12:48:15 AM7/21/12
to
In article <juc1m1$8a2$1...@news.albasani.net>,
"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:

And fusing newsgroups is like.....

--
Rebecca Ore

Adam H. Kerman

unread,
Jul 21, 2012, 9:30:35 AM7/21/12
to
Rebecca, you gave us a challenge in thread godwin-ing.
Message has been deleted
Message has been deleted
Message has been deleted
Message has been deleted

Fred Hall

unread,
Jul 27, 2012, 4:27:00 PM7/27/12
to
On 27 Jul 2012 18:17:43 GMT, Peter J Ross <p...@example.invalid> wrote in
<slrnk15mq...@pjr.no-ip.org>:

>In news.groups on 27 Jul 2012 17:21:45 GMT, Peter J Ross
><p...@example.invalid> wrote:
>
>> I notice that neither Aatunor Ratz is a Bamby.
>
>I meant to type "Aatu nor Ratz" of course.
>
>But isn't Aatunor Ratz a good name for a superhero?

I second this. I feel a sockpuppet moment coming on.
--
https://groups.google.com/group/news.admin.net-abuse.email/msg/856c9a708f7e1230?hl=en&dmode=source
[Tard] Phoenix, forger, otterfilther, and net abuser revealed

Aratzio

unread,
Jul 27, 2012, 6:29:52 PM7/27/12
to
On 27 Jul 2012 18:17:43 GMT, in the land of news.groups, Peter J Ross
<p...@example.invalid> got double secret probation for writing:

>In news.groups on 27 Jul 2012 17:21:45 GMT, Peter J Ross
><p...@example.invalid> wrote:
>
>> I notice that neither Aatunor Ratz is a Bamby.
>
>I meant to type "Aatu nor Ratz" of course.
>
>But isn't Aatunor Ratz a good name for a superhero?

What would be the math geek fuckhead superpower?

--

The Delimited Ratz

Fred Hall

unread,
Jul 28, 2012, 12:10:08 AM7/28/12
to
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:29:52 -0700, Aratzio <a6ah...@sneakemail.com> wrote in
<6i56189acrbdb6v2h...@4ax.com>:
Yep

Aratzio

unread,
Jul 28, 2012, 11:51:53 AM7/28/12
to
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:10:08 -0500, in the land of news.groups, Fred
Hall <fkh...@gmail.com> got double secret probation for writing:
That would not be a superpower.

--

The Delimited Ratz
Message has been deleted
Message has been deleted

Aratzio

unread,
Aug 1, 2012, 9:15:10 PM8/1/12
to
On Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:04:35 -0600, in the land of news.groups, qartl
<qa...@a51.mi1> got double secret probation for writing:

>Peter J Ross <p...@example.invalid> wrote:
>
>>In news.groups on Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:29:52 -0700, Aratzio
>>Depends on who's to be impressed.
>>
>>To impress me:
>>
>>See how he proves Fermat's last theorem! He used only a pencil and
>>some Babylonian long division tables!
>>
>>To impress the Bambies:
>>
>>See how he proves Fermat's last theorem! Something needed to be done,
>>and he did /something cubed/! And he can do long division too!
>
>Can he do long division while fermenting? I think not.

I can do a cumulative fart.

--

The Delimited Ratz

Aatu Koskensilta

unread,
Aug 4, 2012, 2:00:58 AM8/4/12
to
Aratzio <a6ah...@sneakemail.com> writes:

> On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:10:08 -0500, in the land of news.groups, Fred
> Hall <fkh...@gmail.com> got double secret probation for writing:
>
>>On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:29:52 -0700, Aratzio <a6ah...@sneakemail.com> wrote in
>><6i56189acrbdb6v2h...@4ax.com>:
>>
>>>On 27 Jul 2012 18:17:43 GMT, in the land of news.groups, Peter J Ross
>>><p...@example.invalid> got double secret probation for writing:
>>>
>>>>But isn't Aatunor Ratz a good name for a superhero?
>>>
>>>What would be the math geek fuckhead superpower?
>>
>>Yep
>
> That would not be a superpower.

Yep, no. Yep is no superpower.
0 new messages