On Thu, 26 Nov 2009, Doug Meade wrote:

> you wrote:

... snip ...

> > Regards,
> >
> > Michael Kay
> > http://www.saxonica.com/
> > http://twitter.com/michaelhkay
> >
>
> ... And sometimes people who quickly type mesg just forget to
> include things. It happens. What is remarkable to me is the need for
> some people to reply to a large group just to be heard making note
> of others mistakes - but adding no value.
>
> I suspect that they do this out of a need for attention an approval
> more than the desire to create email spam. Forum trolls operate much
> the same way. I suppose though it may also stem from an inflated
> sense of self worth. Such people most likely enjoy referring to
> themselves in the third person.

  yeahhhhh ... taking michael kay to task for having an inflated sense
of self worth.  let us know how *that* works out.

rday
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