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From: chabot@amber.DEC (Lisa S. Chabot)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: multiple postings
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Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 12:12:38 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 19 12:12:38 1984
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I wonder if there isn't a misunderstanding about net.flame.

What brought this up is that I have lately noticed articles posted to 
net.flame and another newsgroup, and the content of the article is a flame
about material relevant to the other newsgroup--it's as if when you come up
with something really rude, you also post it to net.flame (not always, I know,
or we'd be drowned by all the friendly :-( things happening in net.motss).  And
these resulting discussions from these postings rarely fail to outlive the
resulting discussions in the other newsgroup: for example, net.sf-lovers has
ceased snarling about fat, but here it's still sizzling in the fire. 

Now, many of these resulting discussions have changed from their original
targets -- the discussion of fans has changed to a discussion about looks and
tolerance -- and often along the way provide us with things for thought.

But, why do these things get posted to net.flame anyway?  Is it because 
"I'm so angry about this I'm going to shout it at the world"?  Or "I'm angry
but can't say anything directed or convincing so I'll declare this by also
posting it to net.flame"?  Or "this is a really good argument, and all the
folk in net.flame will enjoy (or be impressed by) my words"?  Or "let's see
what other people have to say"?  [or is it a Freudian slip of the fingers?]

So, what is going on here?  Where are all the discussions about the cars that
ran us off the road in this morning's commute?  Are we relying too much on
fire imported from other newsgroups?  Is net.flame in danger of losing it's
ability to support itself?

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Well, after that rather tepid flame, I'll contribute what gets me worked up the
most--intolerance.  The wild rudeness about other people's religions or non-
religious behavior, sexual habits, gender, race, and favorite etc. It's really
appalling that we shout back and forth across miles and miles all this rot on
the order of "Oh, you say you're 'X', well, then you're an ignoramouse who
doesn't know a wombat from a mole in the ground" and "I don't care what you
like, I think 'squirrel' is what I'm entitled to call you" and "you people are
all a bunch of minks, and have no understanding of erminal love" and "ratties
have no business out in public hareports".  If this kind of behavior were
constrained to net.flame, then it might be understandable.  But no, hear in
net.flame we only here the echoes of the real nastiness lurking out thear. 

"Yes, life in the future is a lot like having bees live in your head."
L S Chabot

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