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On Sat, 7 Dec 2002 10:49:53 -0600
Nate Riffe <inkblot@movealong.org> wrote:

> Just now Ian Bicking made 15 LEDs in my apartment flash with this:
> > You should view this thread as you might view a reproduction of Hamlet. 
> > You don't watch it because you're wondering who killed the king.  It's
> > all about presentation, there's no conclusions that are coming out of
> > this discussion.  The production may not be all that good, but it allows
> > the participants to take part in a tradition that has a long history.
> > 
> > This is not to say this all is a good use of posting time.  But I think
> > you read an aggressiveness into the discussion that isn't really there.
> 
> And I think you read a level of sophistication and pageantry into the
> "discussion" that isn't really there.

I'd agree with Nate and say the comparison to Hamlet is pushing it. It's more like watching your buddies get drunk at a bar and re-enact their favorite scenes from "All in the Family" ;)


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