17 Nov
2002
17 Nov
'02
1:08 p.m.
Sellam,
This mailing list has a function besides being a private
battleground for the two of us. I think everyone here
understands our positions and has now drawn their
conclusions.
I think it's pretty obvious to everyone that the fact that you are
resorting to name calling and insults ("fool", "dweeb", "not
very bright", etc) is pretty pathetic and proves that you have
nothing more than insults to contribute to this issue.
While I would love to continue toying with you just to
watch you destroy what little credibility you have left, I
know that the other members of the mailing list must be
growing tired of this. I am too and I will not respond to
anymore of your insults.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo(a)siconic.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 4:30 AM
Subject: Re: Gripes was Re: Promoting Classic Computers [was Re: Chip with
holes in it]
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, John Galt wrote:
Festival
Remember your post on this forum that started
this over
a year ago when you refered to me as "the worlds biggest
fool" for paying x$ on EBAY for a vintage chip?
When you come out of the blue and start refering to people
as "fools" for collecting chips, what do you expect chip
collectors to think about your views on chip collecting?
Yes, I remember. And I still think it's foolish, just like I thought it
was foolish to be spending the kind of money that was being paid for all
sorts of old computer things that are now currently "worth" a fraction of
the value on eBay. I got flak from this list over those comments, but I
think I've been mostly vindicated. You'll suffer the same once the
fad is over.
I think you are just finding it hard to make
your point with out
sounding obnoxious and arrogant and others are noticing it. I think it's
really fun watching you publically humiliate yourself.
In any style of writing, it's hard to make a point when certain people
don't have the level of intelligence to comprehend what is written. You
can count yourself among these "certain people".
I've stated what I feel about chip collecting. You can choose to read
what you want into it to fuel your own conspiracy theories about how
computer collectors are out to destroy the chip collector community.
If I were you I would stop now before you
humiliate yourself even more.
It's difficult to be humiliated when one is right, and your sparring
opponent is not very bright and uses a pseudonym. I am unaffected by
anonymity. Your desperation is showing through.
I've asked you to forward your proof to me that I am turning people away
from "your" hobby but none has arrived. I also challenge you to come up
with one remark I've made condemning chip collecting.
Throw down, boy.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
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