Walter's annoying habits

[Kyle Furlong]

John Reimer wrote:
> Hmm...
> 
> I'm guessing Stewart had a bad day, and a recent response by Walter was 
> the last straw.  That has happened before, you know :). It's just never 
> been stated so starkly and vehemently as in this new thread; although 
> I'm sure that if people were honest with themselves, they would admit 
> that they have had the same thoughts before.  If Stewart had embedded 
> such comments in a long tortuos thread of agonizing head-banging, I 
> believe his statements would have been almost tolerated.
> 
> Hmm... something strange about this.
> 
> Also, the statement was alarmingly out of place in terms of timing. I 
> felt like I'd been slapped in the face when I read it.  For the most 
> part, this community has been very excited with the current momentum of 
> Walter's work.  You can feel it: the energy is there.  While there is 
> never really a good time for a post like Stewarts, I think this was 
> particularly ill-timed.
> 
> Hmmm... some ulterior motive?
> 
> And the last bit about the spelling?  That's when I started to question 
> what was really going on here.  Number one rule: you want to get people 
> to support your opinion, DON'T BE PETTY ABOUT A PERSON'S SPELLING 
> (especially when most people don't know what bad spelling is being 
> referred to).  It really gets everyone else self-conscious and annoyed.  
> Stewart, you pushed everyone to side with Walter... :)
> 
> Hmmm... there's definitely something afoot!
> 
> Either that or your post was merely a "behavioral studies" experiment to 
> see the predictability of response from a community whose leader has 
> been directly attacked. Nooo, wait a minute....
> 
> Hmmm... Oh, wait, wait, wait.... I think I get it now! How very clever! 
> Stewart, You are a genius!  You just succeeded in the grand unification 
> of the D community before D 1.0. LOL!
> 
> -JJR

You, sir, *DELIVER*.