RE: politeness in posting

From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Fri May 18 2001 - 03:41:17 MDT


On Fri, 18 May 2001, Al Billings wrote:

> I've met both personally and they fulfilled their reputations. To
> each their own. When you've seen a drunken sci fi author hitting on a
> yong woman repeatedly, you don't gain a lot of respect for the author.

You seem to be confusing their works with their personalities. Many Great
Men were intolerable assholes in person. Nevertheless, they were Great
Men.



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