"Desk Rabbit" <nospam@example.com> wrote in message
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> Ivor Jones wrote:[color=green]
> > "Desk Rabbit" <nospam@example.com> wrote in message
> > news:-fOdnet1gK_4kfDbRVnyjQA@pipex.net[color=darkred]
> > > Ivor Jones wrote:
> > > > <clavox@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:g5po63tccjc0o7plgduqbk40up5tl60s4d@4ax.com
> > > > > 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 ! .
> > > > I don't have to prove anything.
> > > >
> > > > But as you asked,
> > > >
> > > > Count 1 - This is not a forum, Usenet defines it as
> > > > a newsgroup.
> > > 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.[/color]
> [url]http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/F/forum.html[/url]
> [url]http://www.thefreedictionary.com/forum[/url]
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> > > > Count 2 - I was not born in a country called Europe
> > > > therefore I cannot be a European.
> > > The UK is part of Europe ergo you are European.[/color]
> >
> > No, I am English.[/color]
>
> I think you'll find that England is part of Europe.
> [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe[/url][/color]

So..? That does not make me a European.

Also given that Wikipedia can be edited by all and sundry, relying on it
to prove a point is somewhat flaky.
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> > > > Count 3 - The post was spam as it promoted a
> > > > service.
> > > 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.[/color]
> Ok, show me where the service is then. Show me where this
> service exists.[/color]

Ok, so maybe it doesn't, yet. That doesn't mean it can't be advertised.
Car makers advertise a forthcoming model all the time.
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> > > > Count 4 - Sipgate are still in business after 4
> > > > years, if they were truly crap they wouldn't be.
> > > BTopenworld are still going. Lidl, Iceland etc.[/color]
> >
> > So they must be doing *something* right..?[/color]
>
> Nope, they just have morons for customers.[/color]

Hmm. Is this another of those sweeping statements Ron Chew is so fond
of..?

Ivor