From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clerew.man.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Apr 02 2004 - 08:35:08 CST
In <Pine.LNX.4.53.0404011024280.30055@a.shell.peak.org> John Stanley <stanley@peak.org> writes:
>Charles Lindsey (chl@clerew.man.ac.uk):
>>Well it may be judging, and it may be guessing, but it is what you have
>>been advocating by your repeated assertion that "no reference"
>>automatically means "new thread".
>What an amazing twist of language you went through to pretend that I said
>something I did not.
Oh Dear! You seem to think that "no reference" means "Re: ", when the
document clearly states that "re" is not an abbreviation for "reference",
as is sometimes erroneously supposed. Of course, "no reference" means "no
References header".
>Just to make it clear to you, Charles,..... Not once. What I
>have said, and what you have deliberately misinterpreted here, is that the
>lack of a REFERENCES header indicates the start of a new thread, by
>definition, in published standards that have been around for DECADES.
So what you have just said here (again) is exactly what I said in the bit
you quoted above.
>>Which is precisely what my latest text does. Can I take it that you could
>>live with that text?
>I can live with any of the text I've written. Since I don't know what text
>you are referring to, and you repeatedly claim that what you have written
>doesn't say what it does, I will not take your word for it that "your
>latest text" in any way matches what I wrote. Distribute your "latest
>text" for this section, in its entirety, in public, and then ask again.
Well I have published the full text, and its meaning has not changed
significantly in the few tweaks I have applied since then. Anyway, I am
about to publish it again as it now stands, so you will have a full chance
to declare your position.
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