Re: How do I output "quotes"

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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:41:28 -0800, "Bob Butler"
<tiredofit@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Karl E. Peterson" <karl@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I actually had a lot of fun with VB4, despite, well, despite it all...
>>
>> In retrospect, it was truly the beginning of the end. We all were
>> put on fair notice with that release. Trust is a weird thing. "They
>> couldn't be *that* stupid!", we muttered. Of course they weren't.
>> They had a plan. :-(

>Methinks thou art giving them too much credit. Never ascribe to malice that
>which is adequately explained by ignorance and stupidity! <g>

Actually I used to follow that principle, but in recent years I have
discovered that malice and stupidity often go hand in hand

- generally the malice comes from people trying to cover up a mistake
.

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