From: authentic AT tip DOT nl (Rick)
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Subject: Re: .PCX files in Allegro
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 18:03:52 GMT
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Shawn,

Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:

>Imagine that some people started going around throwing paint balls at
>everyone they passed on the streets. This would be obnoxious and
>antisocial, and I think you would probably become very angry about it.

~This is an excellent translation of what is known as the neurotic
paradox!~

>You could avoid the problem by just staying indoors all the time, but I
>find it hard to imagine that anyone would seriously consider that as a
>good solution to the problem!

~Like people suffering from agora-fobie.~

>Spam email is just the same. It is a horrible thing, but is it really
>worth punishing yourself and the whole rest of the world in order to
>avoid it? It hardly seems fair to just duck out of the way and leave the
>real problem for other people to deal with, when you could be trying to
>actually do something to stop it...

>Sorry. But those anti-spam addresses really annoy me :-)

></rant>

~Like most neurotic beliefs they are supported by they're opposites~
~Spam and anti-spam are really part of 1 system, but I realize that
most people tend to cling to neurotic beliefs vehimentely so won't try
to intrepret that system~

>"Pigs use it for a tambourine" - Frank Zappa

Hope you did not take my comments above for spam,


Rick