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We didn't have enough evidence to say with a high enough degree of confidence that the DUmmies had fallen for yet another sucker bet, and I tried to tell a few people that. This didn't stop a huge number of FReepers from openly asserting certainty that Stephenson was a scammer. And now, apparently, he's dead. Assuming that's true (there's no obituary in the paper yet, but this is fairly new), it kind of makes those who jumped the gun look a little foolish, not to mention petty and heartless. May a lesson be learned.

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Perhaps the lesson should be learned at DU as well:

BuffyTheFundieSlayer (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-08-05 04:03 AM

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57. I'm so sorry to hear that I never had a chance to cyber-meet him, having joined after he left for his surgery but I know he was well loved here. I know he will be missed.

Note to any lurking freepers: F*ck off!

Perhaps the lesson should be learned at DU as well:

Of course it should be. The DUmmies have dozens or hundreds of lessons they should learn, and have little hope of ever doing so. That's not the point. The point is that we're the good guys. We're supposed to be better than they are. If a group of FReepers gets blinded by politics and attacks a sick, dying man, it's no defense to say, "well, the DUmmies are worse." Of course they're worse. We're better. Or should be.

BuffyTheFundieSlayer (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-08-05 04:03 AM
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57. I'm so sorry to hear that I never had a chance to cyber-meet him, having joined after he left for his surgery but I know he was well loved here. I know he will be missed.

She just joined and has over 1000 posts? That's one busy FundieSlayer.