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From: "Reef Fish" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 00:29
Subject: [SCUBA-SE] NOT an oversight about Steven Catron

> Your presence in, or contribution to, Scuba-SE did not exactly
> make you a household word here either -- 8 this YEAR up to now,
> INCLUDING the 3 flaming "Bob".
Oh, I see!  Politely disagreeing with Bob = "flaming", eh?

> That made it all the more significant that you should JUMP at the
> chance of joining the bandwagon to flame "Bob" on the pedantic
> threads about the word "recruit", isn't it?
You asked for any American reader's opinion on the matter, and I gave my
honest impression.  Nor did I "flame" you in my response.  I gave you the
answer I would have given anyone who asked, even if your and Lee's positions
had been reversed, and Lee had posed the definition question.  I value my
objectivity and integrity too highly to do otherwise, no matter how odious I
may or may not find one or more of the participants.

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> I am reminding you that ONLY because of your present post on the
> "loose end" thread.  I have no desire to revive your old flames
> or continue the present one.
ROTFLMAO!!!  You thrive on this sort of confrontationalism - going so far as
to dig up exchanges from over two years ago to 'justify' this one!  And I
didn't FLAME you with my "recruiting" post - ask any objective list member!
Or are you afraid of what they'll tell you?

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Steven