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From: stassen@trwspp.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: hav's major catharsis (take 3)
Message-ID: <609@trwspp.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 14:30:15 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  4 14:30:15 1984
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> HEY!!!  Whaddya mean, find something better to do?  If someone is going to
> flame the net for lousy (make that crummy; lousy is getting to be over-used)
> grammar and/or punctuation, doesn't it seem reasonable that his or her (yes,
> I read my mail) flame should be grammatically correct, and that *everything*
> contained therein should be impeccably spelled?  No?  Well, you can always
> unsubscribe, or "n" over the article, or go jump in the lake.  :-)

	Aha... now I know why you were being such a "bored argumentative
prick."  Did you read the title of my article?  It was "Re: minor
catharsis."  The "Re:" means that it is in reference to another article
(Latin "re" - "about").  The other article is:

	Message-ID: <319@ihu1e.UUCP>

	I bet you didn't read the original article.  This is a real "no-no."
If you had, you would have understood that I was not flaming the net in
general over spelling and punctuation.  I was flaming at this one person
who had decided that the English language was a standard that we could do
without.

	Furthermore, you would have noticed that the most important
parts of the article (the body, and the signature) were correct ("spelled
impeccably").  You would have also noticed that the quote at the end
of the article was enclosed in QUOTATION MARKS (").  This means that it
is not original material.

	Being observant, you would also notice a lot of "standards" on
the net have nothing to do with proper English.  In fact, you make use
of the three most common ones:

	":-)" and "EMPHASIS" and "*emphasis*"

	You, my "friend," are "way out in left field."  I suggest you
reread the original article ("minor catharsis"), and then reread my
article.  If you still can't help but take my article personally, then
I suggest you try one of the following methods:

	(1) Go jump in a lake.
	(2) Seek professional help.
	(3) Hide under your bed and read the label on the box spring
	    until you feel better.

Do you use readnews?  The command "readnews -x -n net.flame -t atharsis"
should let you see the original article.

And, if I may be so bold as to ask, what English text allows "Whaddya?"
Incidentally, it seems to be a de facto rule that it is open season on
anyone who picks on someone else's spelling errors.

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Christian W. Stassen	[decvax!trwrb,vortex,ihnp4!vortex]!trwspp!stassen

	"You rearrange me 'till I'm sane."