On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Matthew Hunter wrote: > On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 02:06:07PM -0800, Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Charlie Smith wrote: > > > > When exactly is the dawn of Internet time, again? The September > > > > that Never Ended? I think that's about right. Up until then the > > > > Internet was quiet but purposeful, like night before dawn... > > > > since then the cacophony has never ceased! > > > I dunno, lets go over and ask Al Gore, he invented it didn't > > > he................. nah, lets not. He's got SOOO many things to do right > > > now, he won't have time for us.... > > Please refrain, this is a) an ignorant fabricated smear, and b) liable to > > result in an ugly political discussion on a polite list. > > Reason a isn't terribly accurate; you've just done the same thing > you are complaining about. The "internet thing" was overhyped by > conservatives trying to discredit Gore, and is overhyped by > liberals trying to defend Gore. Saying Gore "invented the > internet" is a misquote, but what Gore actually said, in context, > was a fairly clear (and typical of just about any politician) > attempt to take credit for the creation of the internet. > > Whether he deserved that credit is an argument for another day. You're quite simply wrong, but I won't bother to educate you on this point in the spirit of point b).