gsmith@GARNET.BERKELEY.EDU (Gene W. Smith) (10/09/87)
In article <21748@lll-tis.arpa> mcb@lll-tis.arpa (Michael C. Berch) writes: >In article <21140@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> jwl@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP >(James Wilbur Lewis) writes: >This cort of case seems to come up every years or so. >The first time I came across Matthew Wiener was some time back when he >wanted to sue Rich Rosen for defamation, and I posted a couple of articles >to try to get him (and others who were beginning to get hot under the collar) >to cool down. This is not quite correct. Matthew Wiener was taking a dig at Rich Rosen, which consisted of trying to find if he would have grounds if he wanted to sue--which he had no intention of doing. At least that is how I remember the incident, and I am the closest thing to an expert on Wienerology left on the net. ucbvax!garnet!gsmith Gene Ward Smith/Garnetgangster/Berkeley CA 94720 "We never make assertions, Miss Taggart," said Hugh Akston. "That is the moral crime peculiar to our enemies. We do not tell--we *show*. We do not claim--we *prove*." H Akston, the last of the advocates of reason