Re: Ping --> Robert L Bass

["Rockytsquirrel" <gafa@xxxxxxx>]

does that mean  it's now safe to remove all  the blocks  from my news
readers filter?

RTS


"mleuck" <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Jul 11, 10:43 pm, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Jul 11, 8:22 am, "petem" <petem...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > "mleuck" <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de groupe de
>> > discussion
>> > : 97c303d2-8ad0-4222-b7eb-a6afa87d5...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > > On Jul 10, 5:55 pm, "Just Looking" <S...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > >> More than would otherwise care to admit are thinking about Robert
>> > >> and
>> > >> hoping
>> > >> for the best for him.
>> > >> If the end is near, I hope it is peaceful and painless passing.
>> > >> Robert
>> > >> must
>> > >> know that even his fiercest detractors will ultimately miss his
>> > >> presence
>> > >> here.
>>
>> > > I think most of the people he managed to drive off over the years
>> > > won't miss him at all.
>>
>> > > (Yea I went there, deal with it)
>>
>> > you got a point there..
>>
>> RHC: No I don't think he has at all !!
>>
>> You know, it's a funny thing sometimes how you can make all sorts of
>> assumptions about a person, even ones that might seem valid because of
>> sometimes obnoxious behaviour on a virtual newsgroup, yet you never
>> really know a man until you "walk a mile in his shoes". RLB pissed a
>> lot of people off at times; but from my vantage point, he was more
>> than usually right when he made a point about something relative to
>> security matters.
>
> Had he kept it to security matters it might have been different
> although I seemed to recall years of him bashing people here as well
> as the entire security industry just to sell product.
>
>> Maybe you didn't like his politics - that's your
>> business, but he also likely didn't like yours in return.
>
> True but I don't recall ever starting new threads in a security forum
> based on my political views
>
>> He and I
>> disagreed about a lot of things as well but for some reason over the
>> 12 or so years we shared this newsgroup,  it never dropped even close
>> to the level of personal insults. When you give respect, you generally
>> get it in return.
>
> The key word there is "generally" as in "not always".
>
> Notice how nice and quiet it is now that he's gone mostly because he
> drove everyone away, that's his legacy
>
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