in article ch1hg.4290$1Z2.1148@newsfe7-win.ntli.net, jw 1111 at
blue.star77@REMOOVEvirgin.net wrote on 6/6/06 6:23 AM:

> agreed i'm all for humility, but not amongst some of the poor quality in
> this group.  all i asked for was a simple question about dial up internet
> that only one person kindly answered the actual question.
> 
> the rest was mainly a lot of total b%llocks about how silly to ask for such
> a thing as dial up...yada yada yada.

No, the initial response (the one that you initially criticized) gave good
advice, given the limited information you had given.

> read through the replies carefully and see how 'self important' and
> 'assuming' some of these guys are.   i rest my case.  apart from your
> assumption that i know nothing about japan.  but then assumptions are
> rampant in this group, as you can see for yourself with the type of
> responses here to a simple straight forward question.  zen meditation
> anyone?  try not to be so 'wordy' please.

The one who seems to be over-concerned about "self importance" is you. You
are the one telling everyone how little they know about Buddhism and all.

Your humility definitely needs work.