"Desk Rabbit" <nospam@example.com> wrote in message
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> Ivor Jones wrote:[color=green]
> > <clavox@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> > news:g5po63tccjc0o7plgduqbk40up5tl60s4d@4ax.com[color=darkred]
> > > On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:24:51 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
> > > <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > You know what to do, Ron.
> > > You would really like that Ivor but I like quite a few
> > > other people here will never give you that
> > > satisfaction . Once more I say this is a FORUM you
> > > ARE a European the posting that as been hotly
> > > discussed here was NOT spam and SIPGATE are utter
> > > GRAP . Now prove me wrong on all four counts or button it ! .[/color]
> >
> > I don't have to prove anything.
> >
> > But as you asked,
> >
> > Count 1 - This is not a forum, Usenet defines it as a
> > newsgroup.[/color]
> A forum is a place to meet and discuss. The Forum in Rome
> is a collection of ruins but it is still a forum.[/color]

But this group isn't.
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> > Count 2 - I was not born in a country called Europe
> > therefore I cannot be a European.[/color]
> The UK is part of Europe ergo you are European.[/color]

No, I am English.
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> > Count 3 - The post was spam as it promoted a service.[/color]
> I still can't find this alleged service that was
> promoted. No web site, no email address, no telephone
> number. HArdly spam by anyones standard.[/color]

It is, it was promoting a service. Not my problem if you can't see it.
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> > Count 4 - Sipgate are still in business after 4 years,
> > if they were truly crap they wouldn't be.[/color]
> BTopenworld are still going. Lidl, Iceland etc.[/color]

So they must be doing *something* right..?

Ivor