In article , JR
wrote:


And to those keeping this going.... if you really believe, as you
say, that Mike may be ill, why are you goading him?

This is what I've been thinking JR. It's not one sick person here, it's
a whole bundle.

Or to repeat what you suggested, if you think the guy is sick, do you
really believe that the right thing to do is to keep poking him with
sticks?

It is deeply unpleasant, and the thuggish cruelty is, sadly, not
untypical of this NG.

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