Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site azure.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!timeinc!phri!pesnta!amd!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!tektronix!teklds!azure!chrisa From: chrisa@azure.UUCP (Chris Andersen) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: I Dream of Jeannie Message-ID: <310@azure.UUCP> Date: Sat, 29-Jun-85 07:14:16 EDT Article-I.D.: azure.310 Posted: Sat Jun 29 07:14:16 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 06:20:12 EDT References: <383@cmu-cs-edu1.ARPA> Reply-To: chrisa@azure.UUCP (Chris Andersen) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 29 In article <383@cmu-cs-edu1.ARPA> rafferty@cmu-cs-edu1.ARPA (Colin Rafferty) writes: >If some asshole wants to flame about his fantasies of other >people's sexual activities, that's his right. wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong No one has a *right* to use the net. It is a privelage. >On the other hand, this (as many people have pointed out) is net.flame, and >not net.discussion.civil. Ok, net.flame is designed as a way for some people to vent their frustrations in a semi- to non-civil manner. However, who says that flames have to be obscene, rude, obnoxious, slanderous, etc., etc., etc.? There appear to be two types of flamers on the net: 1) Those who rant and rave and resort to obscenity and name calling as the lowest common denominator, and 2) those who flame something royally without ever once using an obscenity or truly calling into question someones parentage/morality/sexual appetite/etc. Personally, I prefer the second. Nothing makes my day like a really *good* flame. As a last bit of advice: when following up to a flame, remember that that flame was designed as a means of venting some steam. The attitudes taken in a flame may not acurately represent the 'normal' opinions of the flamer. So don't take it as seriously as you might take a similar posting in a 'serious' discussion. Chris Andersen (aka "The Stranger")