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From: Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org>
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Subject: Re: PTD was the most-respected of the AUE regulars ...
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:46:02 +1000
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On 27/07/24 07:08, lar3ryca wrote:
>
> When he did things like claiming that he never said something, and the
> proof of his having said it was obvious, especially so when what he said
> was actually quoted in his posting denying it, there was no
> 'desperately' involved.

When I read the above, the Pete Seeger song "I Lie" popped immediately 
into my head.

Verse 2:

I don't apologize. Not me. Instead,
I say I never said the things I said,
Nor did the things some people saw me do,
When confronted by some things they know are true.

-- 
Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW