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From: david@bragvax.UUCP (David DiGiacomo)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.flame
Subject: Welcome to Usenet 1984
Message-ID: <229@bragvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 22:24:26 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 22 22:24:26 1984
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Reply-To: david@bragvax.UUCP (David DiGiacomo)
Organization: Brag Systems Inc., San Mateo, CA
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In article <1622@nsc.UUCP> chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Big Brother @ the Ministry
of Bistromatics?) writes:
>I brought John Williams to the attention of the powers that be at Dec, and
>they have assured me that he will act in a gentlemanly and proper manner or
>they will shove his bicycle pump down his throat (or something to that
>affect). They were not aware of his postings and did not appreciate the
>negative implications he was giving their fine and upstanding company.

Chuq, this is immoral and unfair!  You seem to be confusing Usenet with
real life... you are taking advantage of the natural paranoia of a
bureaucracy to mess around with something more important than
net.singles or even net.flame -- John Williams' job.  Net problems
should be solved on the net or left unsolved.

Although the  stuff was a bit much, I actually enjoyed
several of Williams' postings because they were not boring -- even the
"bicycle pump" was in this category.  Could you post/mail the names and
phone numbers of the powers you spoke to at DEC?  I would like to tell
them that I disagree strongly with your opinion, and that the "negative
implications" of suppressing employees freedom of expression far exceed
those of "bicycle pump" messages which are understood by all to be
personal.

(Personally, I prefer not to buy chips from an arguably fine and
upstanding company which employs informers/stool pigeons/rat finks ! :-))
-- 
David DiGiacomo, BRAG Systems Inc., San Mateo CA  (415) 342-3963
(...decvax!ucbvax!hplabs!bragvax!david)