10/11   \_ Tom, like you, makes occasionally reasonable, if unpopular
           points about contentious topics.  He can be very cynical
           about it, but I have rarely seen anyone respond to his
           arguments recently with anything but ad hominem bullshit.
           Please restrict this sort of shit to the real anonymous
           losers who troll the motd.  Anyway, the motd's mainly
           become more pleasant because even the negative, wrong
           replies are at least decently reasoned and articulated.  -John
           \_ No, tom is a small-time asshole.  Most of his 'points' are one
              line zingers of the 'you are an idiot' variety.  I don't
              think he is cynical or anything like that but an asshole he is.
              People respond to him in an ad hominem way because that's how
              he is 90% of the time himself.  Note how people don't do
              that to me so much anymore, despite, as you say, the fact that
              I make 'unpopular points.'  Tom himself is unpopular, not his
              points.  -- ilyas
              \_ I agree.  ilyas is a highly entertaining loony - tom is just
                 an annoying crank.
                 \_ ilyas is a whiny bitch who deletes the motd.
                    \_ No.  Part of what makes him so entertaining is his
                       "coldly logical" explanations for his temper tantrums.
                       If he was a whiny bitch, he wouldn't be worth having
                       around.
                       \_ ilyas is someone who can never admit that he is
                          wrong, even when proven so.
                          \_ which is the #1 qualification for being a Highly
                             Entertaining Loony!
                          \_ he did admit recently that he may accidentally
                             overwrite posts, and I respect him for that
                             statement
                             \_ Uhm, why?  It's not all that meaningful if
                                he's not going to change his behavior to
                                correct a problem he seems to have.