Judge Bean
Senior Member
Well, well, well...
You know, sometimes you future boys really burn me up.
For starters, this is not your private bus station. This is a forum, an innovative communications system, a place where people come to meet and discuss what is important to them. It is not a drop-off for bagmen involved in some Action Movie melodrama, or a safehouse nearby an alley to pass code to shadowy figures lurking under gaslamps. This device was at first called a Message or Bulletin Board, but it has evolved, here, beyond that, and it is not just someplace for you to drop a scented hanky as a signal for your pal.
"We will make use of it." Please don't. Move along. Nothing for you here. Others may think that you are being polite, but I think what you are doing is the very soul of rudeness. You show no regard or respect for any of us.
As for your story, let me say that Titor is not an incident. What Titor is in fact is the author, using a pen-name, of a piece of literature. It is probable that he is more than one person, and it is possible that he is a government disinformation project. This is a dangerous and humiliating insult in its own right, and you have managed to compound it by giving it the temporary glow of authenticity. None of us will tolerate being manipulated by those who make the dubious claim of knowing what is best for us.
It is likely that you have decided to attach yourself parasitically to the Coyote narrative, which, if true, shows further deficiency of taste and courtesy. We need you and Coyote to come forth and be candid about this entire affair, and we need concrete evidence of your claims. I do not speak for everyone, and there may be some among us who are content to play the game of Time Cop and Robber and Basketball scores; as for those for whom I might speak, we will not long endure folly, and you have strained our patience somewhat already-- with a single post.
Originally posted by Perry Nelson@Nov 15 2004, 08:21 AM
Finally you have arrived. Evidently, the date I was given was incorrect by several weeks. This fact alone is disturbing.
We have a problem, and this was the only method by which I was certain to contact you, as we knew you would be participating in this forum (as so many of us have). I have been \"lurking\" for a month or so, now, IT. I apologize for not contacting you via this message board yesterday. Another minor change was reported yesterday at 11:02 GMT, IT. You will know of which I speak if you are scanning the news as required.
Permission has been granted to reveal certain information. The Titor incident and the subsequent actions of the twenty-first century fanatics have made this necessary. We must confer regarding how much to reveal. This board has a messaging system. We will make use of it. If there are others who know of which I speak, please contact me forthwith.
I will register with this board as per its protocol as soon as I have heard from you.
You know me by the name I have chosen to take up here. It is from Heinlein, the twentieth century author of whom we have spoken on a number of occasions.
You know, sometimes you future boys really burn me up.
For starters, this is not your private bus station. This is a forum, an innovative communications system, a place where people come to meet and discuss what is important to them. It is not a drop-off for bagmen involved in some Action Movie melodrama, or a safehouse nearby an alley to pass code to shadowy figures lurking under gaslamps. This device was at first called a Message or Bulletin Board, but it has evolved, here, beyond that, and it is not just someplace for you to drop a scented hanky as a signal for your pal.
"We will make use of it." Please don't. Move along. Nothing for you here. Others may think that you are being polite, but I think what you are doing is the very soul of rudeness. You show no regard or respect for any of us.
As for your story, let me say that Titor is not an incident. What Titor is in fact is the author, using a pen-name, of a piece of literature. It is probable that he is more than one person, and it is possible that he is a government disinformation project. This is a dangerous and humiliating insult in its own right, and you have managed to compound it by giving it the temporary glow of authenticity. None of us will tolerate being manipulated by those who make the dubious claim of knowing what is best for us.
It is likely that you have decided to attach yourself parasitically to the Coyote narrative, which, if true, shows further deficiency of taste and courtesy. We need you and Coyote to come forth and be candid about this entire affair, and we need concrete evidence of your claims. I do not speak for everyone, and there may be some among us who are content to play the game of Time Cop and Robber and Basketball scores; as for those for whom I might speak, we will not long endure folly, and you have strained our patience somewhat already-- with a single post.