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From: agz@pucc-k (Andrew Banta)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: About Jeff S. in net.women.only...
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Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 10:52:14 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 21 10:52:14 1984
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OK people, this has gotten just a little out of hand!

It all started with Ron Vaughn posting a rather witty article about why
JS should jump ship.  Even I though it was great, I figure it would be
taken in the vein in which it was intended.  But NO!  All of a sudden we
have this massive jump onto the "Get JS off the net" bandwagon.

You people think it would be fun to see someone get dumped, and hey, now
you have a scapegoat, right?  Well let me say something.  Being on the
net is not a priveledge granted to you by GODvax.  If you have
employment at some site that is on the net, you ARE "on the net"  It
isn't something that comes and goes with the net populations opinion of
you.

Now I realize that JS's postings are always in line with the "ideal" net
postings, and I'll even go as far as to say that some are really off the
wall and out of the water (if you don't mind me mixing cliches).  But he
is allowed to post what he wants.  After that, it is YOUR job to pick
out what you will and won't use as guidelines.  Such is life.  You can't
expect that everything you get is what you want.

So, now that you've all shown yourselves by bitching at JS about his, as
I see it, fairly harmless and slightly humourous posting in
net.women.only, why don't you all just crawl back into your collective
holes and lay off people on the net.  A flame at someone is one thing,
attacking someone because it has become fashionable to attack that
person is another!  Just hope that you never are on the other end of it.

Have a nice day!


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Andy Banta			{decvax!allegra!ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-k!agz
Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University --- "I'm OK, You're a CS Major"
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"What was it brought you out here in the dark?
 Was it your only way of making your mark?
 Did you get rid of all the voices in your head?
 Do you now miss them and the things that they said?"