OT somewhat. China, our aircraft, delays.

On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Chad Fernandez wrote: Chad, I feel this way about ANYONE who starts an off-topic discussion, be they American, Chinese, Mexican or Arab. But I've learned from past experience that it is pointless to try to fight it. Those that indulge in the off-topic discussions will do it because they are perhaps rude and selfish. It's true that the best advice is to ignore it and move on to the next message, and eventually the thread will die. But I found it necessary to create another off-topic thread to object to your objection (thus proving I am guilty too, ergo rude and selfish :) Thanks, it's all true. In fact, I am the pilot of the EP-3, writing this message from confinement on Hainan Island in China. Luckily they gave us e-mail access so we could communicate with friends and family back home, but I took advantage of the opportunity to catch up on ClassicCmp messages. Bandwidth is limited here, so that's why I'm getting peeved at all this off-topic discussion about the incident (which, by the way, I cannot talk about for obvious reasons :) Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org