Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amd70!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot From: chabot@amber.DEC (Lisa Chabot) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: re: women & women.only Message-ID: <1409@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 14:50:25 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.1409 Posted: Tue Jun 12 14:50:25 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jun-84 00:14:55 EDT Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 41 Said by fortune!millines (Jun 8 12:11:00 1984): > I am a newcomer to net. Being a progressive woman, I naturally looked > in the "women" and "women.only" notes. I was very disappointed with the con- > tent of some of the notes ... Aren't there more interesting things to write > about? Whenever I see articles like this (other examples are "you people have worthless opinions about science fiction" and "I'm offended because this isn't an offensive flame"), I think how this complaint really belongs in net.jokes: I mean, look, here's a discussion going on, yet people hang back and complain that no one is saying anything that interests them. So where's the problem? You either stop listening, or you jump right in and start participating, rather than being a snob (or we'll KNOW you're not capable of it :-) ). I mean, this is even a pretty weak flame. Any good netter knows how to improve its flammability by adding the appropriate buzz words and expletives: ... I am incredibly offended with the trash in some of the notes... Aren't there more worthwhile things to write about than this shit? Now, isn't that a better flame? And to be a reeeeally good flame, it's gotta have some misspelled words: ... Being a progresive woman, I naturaly looked in the "women" and "women.only" notes. I am incredably offended with the trash in some of the notes... Aren't their more worthwhile things to write about than this shit? It's one thing to complain, but if you're going to post to net.flame, you ought to couch your complaint in terms the denizens thereof will understand. "I'm shocked, shocked to find out that gambling has been going on in this establishment," Lisa S. Chabot UUCP: ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot ARPA: ...chabot%amber.DEC@decwrl.ARPA USFail: DEC, MR03-1/K20, 2 Iron Way, Marlborough, MA 01752