Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/23/84; site ucbcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!faustus From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Re: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Message-ID: <2783@ucbcad.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Nov-84 00:43:50 EST Article-I.D.: ucbcad.2783 Posted: Mon Nov 12 00:43:50 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Nov-84 01:13:33 EST References: <4149@decwrl.UUCP> <253@pyuxd.UUCP> <384@ucsfcgl.UUCP> Organization: UC Berkeley CAD Group, Berkeley, CA Lines: 24 > Those of you with memories will remember a posting from Ken Arndt > claiming "we kicked a little ass". Since this seemed to be a political > statement, and this is not net.politics, I mailed him a note asking him > if it was a political statement, and requesting, if it was, that he not > send more political statements (if I may so dignify the submission) to > this newsgroup. It is my understanding that this is what netiquette > requires. I also included a short statement taking issue with his > conclusions from the election. Below is his response to my letter. I > would like to call the attention of his local netnews administrator to > this. Maybe s/he can convince Arndt to be more selective in his > newsgroup selection. Obviously mail will not be effective. (Letter from Ken Arndt follows...) Look, this is net.flame. NOTHING is inappropriate. I certainly hope that nobody does take the trouble of bringing this to the attention of any netnews administrators -- if you don't like what somebody is saying, DON'T bother his boss. This is a particularly nasty form of censorship, which can result in severe problems for the person being censored. No matter how much you may disagree with Arndt, you don't have any grounds for harassing him in this way. (And besides, I doubt that anybody else was offended by seeing the article in net.flame anyway.) Wayne