Pissing Contest

[Steven Tice]

In a message dated 3/15/99 11:55:57 AM Eastern Standard Time,
tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU writes:

<< Also note:  while I love to skewer Rush in this
 forum, I would consider it inappropriate for me to go to a Rush list
 and piss on their parade.  Yet several Rush fans felt it okay to
 praise Rush at BOC's expense right here on good-ole BOC-L.  My
 conscience is clear as Geddy's warbling contralto... >>

This is another erroneous argument.  No Rush fans came from outside of BOC-L
to attack BOC; instead, Rush fans on BOC-L (who were already, of course, BOC
fans) simply responded to criticism of Rush by making pointed comparisons to
the band we presumably all enjoy.

SET