In article .com>,
"SD" > wrote:

> ~patches~ wrote:
> > SD wrote:
>
> > >
> > >
> > > One of my pet peeves is people who make claims about things and can't
> > > or won't provide the evidence to back it up.
> >
> > Anywhere else but on usenet this might actually be a concern. I'm
> > intelligent enough to do my own research without depending on someone I
> > have never met on usenet. You want the facts, the best thing is to do
> > your own research, period. Sorry if you don't agree.
>
> I'm not asking to be spoonfed - I'm asking of you exactly what I ask of
> my 6th grade students. 50% of them just failed a research paper for
> exactly that reason - failure to document facts. When you claim
> something as fact back it up with your references. That's not being
> spoonfed - that's called documenting your facts. Sorry if you don't
> agree.
>
> SD
>

Usenet is not a class.
We are not being "graded" on our papers here. ;-)

None of us are obligated to back up what we say here.
If you disagree, do your OWN googling to prove us wrong......

We are not being paid to do your research for you.

Hope that helps?
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Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson