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From: avolio@grendel.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.stargate
Subject: Re: STARGATE (READ THIS!)
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Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 23:34:23 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 16 23:34:23 1985
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Wow.  What a way to end the day...

    I sure have mixed emotions about this.  ON the one hand I can
see  that  the  fellow  at  hercules might be genuinely concerned
about the future of the  net.  On  the  other  hand  the  way  he
expressed  himself  sure  made  a case for news moderation -- 119
lines  to  a  slew  of  news  groups.  Not  even  119  *good*  or
*thoughtful*  lines.  (At  the very least someone should wash out
his mouth with  soap.)  It  is  clear  that  the  poster  doesn't
consider  net.news  an  "open"  forum but I don't know where he's
been the past few weeks.  The issues  he  raises  have  all  been
kicked around enough by now.

    In any event, Lauren I can certainly sympathize with you  and
the  rest  of  you  who are working hard to make this net better.
I'd hate to see one posting like this from a jerk  put  you  off.
(Anyone   who   advocates  public  spitting,  hiding  dog  turds,
disrupting USENIX meetings, and "flaming til they drop" I  define
as  a  "jerk." Call me intolerant...) But I don't think many will
blame you if you pull out.

-- 
Fred Avolio
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