Proof that content is more important than style? (take II)

["Hart, Geoff" <Geoff-H -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA>]

Andrew Plato responded to my note that "As for me, I think you've proved
your point countless times over the past 10
> years... with your own messages! <gdrlh>": <<Now this is a good insult.
Its actually got some cleverness in it. I didn't even
catch this at first. By all means people, if you're going to insult me, at
least put some thought into it. I can respect a subtle, clever insult like
this. Besides, its got a shred of truth inside it.>>

More than a shred of truth, and less an insult than an explicit recognition
that your messages contain lots of things to think about, even when they're
expressed in your trademark unselfconsciously provocative style. But I
confess that the irony of your comment was too good an opportunity to pass
up.

--Geoff Hart, geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada
580 boul. St-Jean
Pointe-Claire, Que., H9R 3J9 Canada
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