"Jud" wrote in message
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Jeff...I think it's time that you resign yourself to the fact that
Reid won't admit his mistake regarding 'whizzing' and an apology isn't
forthcoming. He revels in finding errors in others writings but won't
own up to his own. Typically, he has circumvented the subject upon
numerous occasions, and is doing so now. That he finds it amusing
amuses me. His defense of shoddy journalism is an entirely different
matter. If a doctor makes a mistake, someone dies; if a lawyer makes a
mistake, someone is incarcerated; if an architect makes a mistake, the
structure falls down; but if a journalist makes a mistake, there are
minimal to no repercussions. If it isn't right, then it's wrong.
Period.

He continues to prove, with every post that he makes, what a contemptible
and unpleasant little character he is.

My comment on his demeanour, from seven years ago:
http://mendosus.com/glomthis.html
remains just as relevant today.

Sometimes an ad hom attack can be not only accurate, but justified as well.
Attacking Reid is one such case.

So why do I bother?

Because it takes very litle effort, here on USENET, to express such a point
of view, and it helps to balance the smug, supercilious, ignorant dross he
perpetuates.
As I said - with very little effort.

Now I'm off to do something really important - sort out my mismatched sock
drawer.

--
Jeff R.
(in wet, muggy, tropical Sydney)