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>"The Trucker" verizon.net> wrote in message news:pan.2008.07.28.21.42.22.537285@verizon.net...

>> The Rod Speed Virus has become quite ubiquitous and its purpose is to
>> destroy any rational, legitimate, or honest debate among consenting
>> adults. The virus attacks serious discussions simply inserting offhand
>> disagreement at paragraph breaks. Every now and then a "real" person
>> hiding behind the nym of Rob Speed enters the fray and puts some extended
>> verbiage in place to make the virus seem to be a real person. The proper
>> actions to deal with the virus are to NEVER respond to it and to closely
>> edit that to which you do respond (responses of others) so as to trim the
>> propagation of the virus. It may be necessary to move the discussion to a
>> new, as yet, un-invaded thread.
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>Thanks Trucker, I gladly comply with that.
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>He seems to be a pest across many newsgroups, not just here.
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>This quote from a .au newsgroup user sums it up nicely :
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> "He uses the same lines over and over, and will often insult people for no reason. All the attention paid to this moron is what
>encourages him to continue being a moron! He's the sole reason that newsgroups should be moderated..."
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>I kind of felt bad, since he was the first one I ever called a "dick-head and a retard" because of his random empty statements and
>evasive answers without contents, and since he looses context all the time. But not any more. I think "dick-head and a retard" is
>right on target.
>If anyone has any better description for this guy, let's hear it.
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>Rob
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