Is it just me?

["Simon Kean" <skean@ihug.com.au>]

Is it just me? Or does anyone else simply find Gregs posts amusing? Like
everything else, I take his words with a grain of salt and have a chuckle
each time one of these barrages comes thru. I treat it with a "what will he
say next" attitude, ala Howard Stern. It's all pretty harmless as far as I'm
concerned, and damn funny if you don't take it all personally.

Being an Australian who lived in the US for a few years, I noticed a
particular trait with most (not all) Americans. They do not appreciate or
understand the subtle art of sarcasm, and take themselves and their opinions
far too seriously. As far as I see it, Greg's just being sarcastic because
he knows he'll provoke a reaction.

Just my $0.02.

Simon Kean


----- Original Message -----
From: Paul M. Moriarty <pmm@igtc.com>
To: Gregory Odegaard <grodeg@kalama.com>
Cc: <Celtics@igtc.com>; 'claudia' <claudia@xprt.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 2:47 AM
Subject: Re:


> All right Greg,
>
> I've had enough.  I have tried to subtly encourage civil behavior on the
> list and you continue to ignore my pleas.  You leave me with no other
> choice.
>
> I hereby place you on indefinite probation.  All of your posts will be
> reviewed by me prior to their submission to the list and posts not passing
> my entirely subjective standards will be silently deleted.
>
> Consider this your first technical foul.  You know what happens when you
get
> your second.
>
> - Paul -
>
> --
> Maintainer, The Boston Celtics Mailing List
>
> Gregory Odegaard writes:
> > Lastly (fat chance), I am not been thrown off the list because I neither
use profanity or break any of the actual list rules, nor would most people
really want to take away anyone's right to freedom of speech.  If you think
my attacks here are bad, I am on another couple of non sports lists and the
abuse, attacks and language are a 100 times worse and people revel in it. It
would probably make you cry Claudia.
> >
> > Yes I love to show more class when it is applicable, by not being a
crybaby, hanging around on lists of teams I am not a fan of and speaking out
on a matter, when I am just as bad as the original offender. Again Claudia,
what exactly was the eloquent point you were trying to make when you sent
the 48K digest to list? To fair I searched it all and don't find one
addition you actually made to the digest, just that you sent it all here
maybe to make a point. You are brilliant, no less.  Thanks for your input,
it is appreciated as much as Peter's. What that the Hippocratic or hypocrite
oath you took?  Makes we wonder
> >
> > You don't post more because you are afraid of the abuse?  Post as a
Celtics fan and be able to take some disagreement, then be a welcome list
member. Folks Claudia claims I abuse her, but just recently she has sent
some of the most vile, vulgar, threatening to me and my family and hate
filled emails to me too, unprovoked, that if I posted here would get me
kicked off for the language. You are a crying, whining hypocrite of the
highest order and fishing with bait like you couldn't be anymore enjoyable.
> >
> > I really question why you (he or she, we don't know and frankly couldn't
probably tell if they were here right now) are here.........
> >
> > Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>
>