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From: robinjh <>
Subject: Re: trying to find Mark Donovan
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 17:41:22 +0000
References: <20030228070612.27939.00000281@mb-ms.aol.com> <6es1OiALF3X+Ewvt@hyperpeople.demon.co.uk> <BA854D0A.11BAC%nospam@robinjh.co.uk> <OSn49IEn76X+Ew5V@hyperpeople.demon.co.uk> <SdR7a.3524$E94.34690@news0.telusplanet.net> <8VAEMRL7$+X+Ew+Y@hyperpeople.demon.co.uk> <XZ58a.8861$E94.182499@news0.telusplanet.net>


in article XZ58a.8861$, Rick J at
wrote on 1/3/03 5:20 pm:

>
> "Don Moody" <> wrote in message
> news:8VAEMRL7>
>> 2. The unwary who answer such requests by, inter alia, breaking
> the
>> law.
>>
>
> Aren't you somewhat inconsistent ?
>
> On 1st February you posted following:
>
> "Further to Norma Palmer's response, there are no Stookes listed in
> Ashton in the local telephone directory but there are E P Stooke of 3
> Forder Lane House, Forder Lane, Dartington (tel: +44 1803 868609) and R
> Stooke of 22 Broadsands Park Road, Paignton (tel: +44 1803 844023)."
>
> Yes, I'm aware that info is is the public domain.
>
> But, it is quite likely that answer to this query was also in public
> domain.
>
> Certainly, you had no more assurance that you were answering a
> legitimate query than anybody would have had with this query.
>
> Or is the rule thats its OK if YOU say it is OK ?

Not only that, if you look at the original of that message from February
2000

http://www.google.com/groups?selm=bzUIZDAoEul4EwQi%40hyperpeople.demon.co.uk

You will see that Dr Moody's response was top posted. Now take a look at
this collection of virulent drivel on that subject at

http://www.google.com/groups?as_epq=top%20posting&safe=images&ie=ISO-8859-1&;
as_uauthors=don%20moody&lr=&num=100&as_scoring=d&hl=en

Don is 'somewhat inconsistent' on that as well.

Robin



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