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John W. wrote:
> declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> > Apart from "Mister - why - can't - everything - in - Kanagawa - be - in
> > - English - including - the - publicly - supported - local - library -
> > system, and - by - the - way - you - are - all - beneath - me -
> > especially - the - non-americans - who - didn't - vote - for - Kerry -
> > merely - because - they - couldn't  - dickhead - at - ibm", I can't
> > even think of anyone who has been even mildly dished when asking a
> > genuine question.
> >
> > At least not recently. Perhaps I should scratch my head and ask a
> > question?
>
> This was a problem, and I've been in arguments about the general
> un-helpfulness of some folks here when such questions are asked, but I
> don't think recently we get these questions all that much. Typically
> the response was 'www.google.com' which isn't all that helpful, or was
> written so that it could be interpreted to be condescending.<snip>

I have a vague memory of a Jizo thread, though the other John came to
the rescue IIRC. Other than that, much of the unpleasantness left with
the departure of a certain law student (as did much of the traffic
though).