Why Even Read Vandeman?

[email hidden] (Tom Kunich) wrote in news:484e7721.0312080941.1156d68 @posting.google.com:

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Whty does anyone even reading the mentally disturbed postings of Mike Vandeman let alone reply
to them?

I agree. I put him in my kill file years ago and don't miss him. Filtering out all the follow-ups is
a hassle, though. Folks, if you want to reply to him, please e-mail or telephone directly. None of
the rest of us is interested.

"Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Whty does anyone even reading the mentally disturbed postings of Mike Vandeman let alone reply
to them?

Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer. Boredom helps too.

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The only way to deal with the nut is to completely ignore his every postings.

Possibly, but by responding and creating a record other people, perhaps not familiar with his body
of "work", will see fairly quickly what a fruit loop he is ... say, when he goes on a job interview,
or asks someone out on a date (c:

I'm reminded of something a local cop told me concerning a white supremacist group in the area, and
the hate literature they would spread. The best thing about free speech is that the good guys know
who the whack jobs are and when a crime happens, they don't have to look very hard to find who did
it. Works with Michael Jackson too (c:

Be afraid of the looser in a cabin somewhere, who nobody knows about. At least if Mr. Vandeman ever
followed through on some of his threats, there will be a lot of people looking his way.

i.t.A.

(Tom Kunich) said:

Whty does anyone even reading the mentally disturbed postings of Mike Vandeman let alone
reply to them?

The only way to deal with the nut is to completely ignore his every postings.

This "Typical Mountain Biker" hasn't looked at one of his postings for years, but I still see all of
his "Subject:" lines. :-(

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Tom Kunich said:

Whty does anyone even reading the mentally disturbed postings of Mike Vandeman let alone reply
to them?

Every minute that Mikey spends trolling USENET is one less minute Mikey uses to conduct research,
which explains a lot, eh?

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The only way to deal with the nut is to completely ignore his every postings.

Well, I countered one of his pieces of emotional tripe with a thoughtful critque of it and he never
responded. Other than that, returning the bait to him can be a form of entertainment. It's quite
important not to take him seriously, as he doesn't justify it.

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I wrote him off when his 'working to develop a natural environment' turned out to be a 10 square
foot section of his backyard.

Considering his postings, it ought to be well fertilized.

Q. said:

"Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Whty does anyone even reading the mentally disturbed postings of Mike Vandeman let alone reply
to them?

Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer. Boredom helps too.

Quoted message said:

The only way to deal with the nut is to completely ignore his every postings.

Possibly, but by responding and creating a record other people, perhaps not familiar with his body
of "work", will see fairly quickly what a fruit loop he is ... say, when he goes on a job
interview, or asks someone out on a date (c:

I'm not sure which I find more disturbing... Mike providing any sort of advice professionally or
Mike procreating.

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I'm reminded of something a local cop told me concerning a white supremacist group in the area,
and the hate literature they would spread. The best thing about free speech is that the good guys
know who the whack jobs are and when a crime happens, they don't have to look very hard to find
who did it. Works with Michael Jackson too (c:

Yeah, but crime still happens.

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Be afraid of the looser in a cabin somewhere, who nobody knows about. At least if Mr. Vandeman
ever followed through on some of his threats, there will be a lot of people looking his way.

Honestly, I find Mike to be very lacking in commitment. It's one thing to scribble down the cutsey
tripe he does and send it to people, its another to convince people you're not an utter crackpot
when speaking before them.

John Everett said:

(Tom Kunich) said:

Whty does anyone even reading the mentally disturbed postings of Mike Vandeman let alone reply
to them?

The only way to deal with the nut is to completely ignore his every postings.

This "Typical Mountain Biker" hasn't looked at one of his postings for years, but I still see all
of his "Subject:" lines. :-(

Yeah, but at least moderation scoured him from rec.bicycles.off-road so you can go there and have a
slightly time-delayed conversation.

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Possibly, but by responding and creating a record other people, perhaps

not

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familiar with his body of "work", will see fairly quickly what a fruit

loop

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he is ... say, when he goes on a job interview, or asks someone out on a date (c:

I'm not sure which I find more disturbing... Mike providing any sort of advice professionally or
Mike procreating.

Now that I think about it, it is a bit frightening. Any normal potential "mate" would
instinctually run like hell from him ... but if he ever does procreate, it will have to be with
someone who's genes are as equally polluting to the pool. Let's just hope such an abomination does
not survive long.

C.Q.C.

(Tom Kunich) said:

Whty does anyone even reading the mentally disturbed postings of Mike Vandeman let alone
reply to them?

It's great practice for dealing with delinquent six-year-olds. My kids are growing out of that sort
of argument now, so I've plonked the sucker.

Guy
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Laura Bush said:

[email hidden] (Tom Kunich) wrote in news:484e7721.0312080941.1156d68 @posting.google.com:

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Whty does anyone even reading the mentally disturbed postings of Mike Vandeman let alone reply
to them?

... let alone, talk about him?

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I agree. I put him in my kill file years ago and don't miss him. Filtering out all the follow-ups
is a hassle, though. Folks, if you want to reply to him, please e-mail or telephone directly. None
of the rest of us is interested.

It's even easier for me; I just don't read any thread with his name in it.

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Laura Bush <[email hidden]> wrote:

: I agree. I put him in my kill file years ago and don't miss him. Filtering out all the follow-ups
: is a hassle, though. Folks, if you want to reply to him, please e-mail or telephone directly. None
: of the rest of us is interested.

Can't you filter based on words in the article? Would filter out any messages with V quoted...

Anybody for rec.bicycles.vandeman? I guess he'd be so honoured he'd spend all his time spamming that
group? At least the amount of traffic and discussion generated would warrant a separate group!

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Q. <LostVideos-AT-hotmail.com> wrote:

: Now that I think about it, it is a bit frightening. Any normal potential "mate" would
: instinctually run like hell from him ... but if he ever does procreate, it will have to be with
: someone who's genes are as equally polluting to the pool. Let's just hope such an abomination does
: not survive long.

I have bad news for you. It probably involves multiple recessive genes as well as (gasp!) a mixture
of environmental (sic!) conditions.

So, whatever happens, in a million years there could be another V.

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Laura Bush said:

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Whty does anyone even reading the mentally disturbed postings of Mike Vandeman let alone reply
to them?

... let alone, talk about him?

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I agree. I put him in my kill file years ago and don't miss him.

Filtering

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out all the follow-ups is a hassle, though. Folks, if you want to reply

to

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him, please e-mail or telephone directly. None of the rest of us is interested.

It's even easier for me; I just don't read any thread with his name in it.

You obviously read this one.

Matthew said:

"Scott Eiler" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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It's even easier for me; I just don't read any thread with his name in it.

You obviously read this one.

... his name as a poster.

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(Tom Kunich) said:

Whty does anyone even reading the mentally disturbed postings of Mike Vandeman let alone reply
to them?

It's great practice for dealing with delinquent six-year-olds. My kids are growing out of that
sort of argument now, so I've plonked the sucker.

Guy
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Reading Vandeman is like picking at a scab: you know you shouldn't do it but you just can't
help yourself.

(Kevin) said:

Reading Vandeman is like picking at a scab: you know you shouldn't do it but you just can't help
yourself.

Oh so true. Also the wound tends to fester and end in gangrene to the entire limb (or in his case
newsgroup).

Guy
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"Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Whty does anyone even reading the mentally disturbed postings of Mike Vandeman let alone reply
to them?

Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.

Who said that? Machiavelli? Churchill? Ike?

Mark

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Boredom helps too.

Quoted message said:

The only way to deal with the nut is to completely ignore his every postings.

Possibly, but by responding and creating a record other people, perhaps not familiar with his body
of "work", will see fairly quickly what a fruit loop he is ... say, when he goes on a job
interview, or asks someone out on a date (c:

I'm reminded of something a local cop told me concerning a white supremacist group in the area,
and the hate literature they would spread. The best thing about free speech is that the good guys
know who the whack jobs are and when a crime happens, they don't have to look very hard to find
who did it. Works with Michael Jackson too (c:

Be afraid of the looser in a cabin somewhere, who nobody knows about. At least if Mr. Vandeman
ever followed through on some of his threats, there will be a lot of people looking his way.

C.Q.C.

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Q. <LostVideos-AT-hotmail.com> wrote:

: Now that I think about it, it is a bit frightening. Any normal potential "mate" would
: instinctually run like hell from him ... but if he ever does procreate, it will have to be with
: someone who's genes are as equally polluting to the pool. Let's just hope such an abomination
: does not survive long.

I have bad news for you. It probably involves multiple recessive genes as well as (gasp!) a
mixture of environmental (sic!) conditions.

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So, whatever happens, in a million years there could be another V.

Yep, such continuous ranting is truly rare. But your estimate before we got a reincarnation? Uh, I
think I'd take that time limit to 5. Oh, no, not 5 million - five. Maybe even next month. I think
the truly far out people are pretty much always among us. They await but the opportunity. [censored],
for instance. Never happen again? Then how come we got Idi Amin, whatshisname in Cambodia, then
Bosnia and Iraq? Just a few. Good fun, the whole lot. BTW, I'm not comparing Mikey's behavior to
that of those tyrants, just noting the recurrence of the radical fringe behavior. It seems to
never end.

Enjoying your sarcasm that might possibly be there.

Mark