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Re: [comp.os.linux.advocacy] FAQ and Primer for COLA, Edition III, Part 2


After takin' a swig o' grog, High Plains Thumper belched out
  this bit o' wisdom:

> [3.] Put your opponent off guard by insulting him.  The liberal use of
>       profanity and vulgarisms can be very effective, particularly when used
>       against you more dignified opponents.  Your experience as a school
>       yard bully can be handy here

Somehow, I doubt Hadron was much of a schoolyard bully.  Probably frequently
victimized by the footballers.

> [7.] Keep posting non-stop.  Flood the group with your idiocy and nonsense.
>       Some readers may equate your volume with proof of quality.  You will
>       tie good Linux advocates in knots trying to refute you and they won't
>       have time for real advocacy.

Heh.

>   10. Refuse to admit your errors
>   11. Never apologize for your misbehavior
>   12. Blame your stupidity and lies on your opponent
>   13. Embarrass your opponent
>   15. Avoid answering direct questions
>   17. Don't substantiate your claims
>   18. Don't discuss evidence counter to your position
>   23. Lie Lie, lie, lie, lie.
>   25. Attack new posters who favor Linux
>   29. Unreasonably proclaim your reasonableness
>   31. If it makes Microsoft or Windows look bad call it a rumor
>   32. Promote Windows at every opportunity
>   33. Claim false Alignment
>       Remind Everyone that you are a long-time Linux user and advocate. Of
>       course it is not true, so you will be accused of being what you really
>       are.
>   38. Never leave a Linux positive thread unchallenged.
>   39. Lie about what you know
>   40. Avoid providing any help.
>   45. Criticize Linux Advocates but ignore anti-Linux propagandist
>       transgressions
>   46. Accept the claims of other anti-Linux propagandists as face value
>   48. Don't let your ignorance stop you from posting
>   49. Restate the issues to support your preconceptions
>   50. Claim god like attributes
>   51. Claim only you understand what the issues are.
>   52. Invoke the mythical average user

-- 
I can't seem to bring myself to say, "Well, I guess I'll be toddling along."
It isn't that I can't toddle.  It's that I can't guess I'll toddle.
		-- Robert Benchley

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