Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site panda.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!slf From: slf@panda.UUCP (Scott Fisher) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Assume :-) on EVERY Ken Arndt article Message-ID: <351@panda.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 12:49:24 EST Article-I.D.: panda.351 Posted: Thu Mar 7 12:49:24 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 06:03:10 EST References: <820@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: slf@panda.UUCP (Scott Fisher) Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 24 Summary:"I'm gonna play by *my* rules not yours so nya nya nya!" > = Ken Arndt >That is, some persons reading my postings on the net can't tell when I am >being serious or if I mean what I say because I don't make use of the 'smiley >face' symbol to let everyone in on the tone of my voice. It was told to me >that it was in the net 'rules' that use of the ( :- ) was incumbent upon me. >Well, I have thought about that and I have decided that it's a bunch of bosh! >I mean, I see no real substantive difference between what you are reading on >this screen and what you would read in any type of hard copy. BUT WHY DO YOU OBJECT TO USING IT? Mabey you just don't want people to know when you're serious and when you're kidding. Perhaps you just like to see who will be gullable enough to take you seriously. If this is the case, replys to you do not show a person's gullability. They show what a low opinion people have of you. People who reply to you probably just think you are insane. Well, I have thought about it and I have decided your articles are a bunch of bosh! I mean, I see no real substantive difference between anything you write and either sarcasm or lunacy! Since you refuse to include the :-) you leave us with no choice but too assume a :-) at the end of *EVERY* article you write! Is this what you want Ken? Scott Fisher