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From: Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org>
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Subject: Re: Respect [was: The halting problem as defined is a category error]
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 22:06:46 -0400
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On 7/19/25 5:07 PM, Mr Flibble wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:00:21 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> 
>> Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> wrote:
>>
>> [ .... ]
>>
>>> ps. learn to post more respectfully.
>>
>> You've hit the nail on the head, there.  Peter Olcott doesn't show
>> respect here for anybody.  Because of this he isn't shown any respect
>> back - he hasn't earned any.  I don't think he understands the concept
>> of respect any more than he understands the concept of truth.
>>
>> If he were to show repect, he'd repect knowledge, truth, and learning,
>> and strive to acquire these qualities.  Instead he displays contempt for
>> them.  This is a large part of what makes him a crank.  It is a large
>> part of what makes it such a waste of time trying to correct him,
>> something that you've sensibly given up.
> 
> Respect? You don't know the meaning of the word: you haven't shown me
> respect by snipping " --- Flibble is correct" from the subject title of
> this thread.
> 
> /Flibble

Because you aren't