Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site crystal.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!uwvax!crystal!shp From: shp@crystal.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame,net.net-people Subject: Re: To: persons offended by ucla-cs!alex Message-ID: <476@crystal.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 10:29:35 EDT Article-I.D.: crystal.476 Posted: Mon Jun 24 10:29:35 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 04:48:32 EDT References: <1666@amdahl.UUCP> <131@ucla-cime.UUCP> Organization: The Life Is A Rock Foundation Lines: 34 Xref: watmath net.flame:10752 net.net-people:604 [Apologies for reposting all this; methinks it is necessary] > >It may interest you to know that the Usenet contact person > >at ucla-cs is Doris McClure, ihnp4!ucla-cs!doris. > >I suggest rather than flaming to her that you should send an > >example of Alex's postings so that Alex may represent himself > >directly.... > >Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,cbosgd,sun}!amdahl!gam > > Well I'm glad to see that someone out there is stupid enough to start > giving out system administrator's addresses. Thats right, these people have > nothing better to do than deal with idiots who decide that they don't like > what a particular user is posting to the net. I wish that you and the rest > of net fascists would find something better to do with your time besides > occupying the time of people who actually work. > > Kyle Henriksen Wrong, although I'm sure you mean well. In the case of any other net abuser, you'd be quit correct, but not dear Alex. Free speech is one thing, shouting "Movie!" in a crowded firehouse is quite another. Alex's "cute" games with the followup line DO interfere with "people who actually work." He's causing all this excess verbiage from net.flame (my favorite group) to be spread to inoffensive and informative groups, who have no interest in reading endless tirades. This isn't "free speech", this is "illegal dumping." Site admins ARE responsible for what comes out of their sites; if the good people at ucla-cs are allowing one of their own to trash the net, something must be done. And chances are that Doris McClure is quite able to deal with voluminous mail, particularly when confronted with dozens of identical "Subject: Alex the Jerk" lines. Besides, better the side admin than the Board of Regents (who DON'T know how to deal with dozens of flames, electronic or otherwise! :-1/2-). =shp