Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site luke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!timeinc!phri!pesnta!hplabs!oliveb!bene!luke!steven From: steven@luke.UUCP (Steven List) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: To: persons offended by ucla-cs!alex Message-ID: <248@luke.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 18:16:41 EDT Article-I.D.: luke.248 Posted: Mon Jun 24 18:16:41 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 07:06:44 EDT References: <1666@amdahl.UUCP> <131@ucla-cime.UUCP> Reply-To: steven@luke.UUCP (Steven List) Organization: Uncle Bene's Farm Lines: 47 Summary: In article <131@ucla-cime.UUCP> kyle@ucla-cime.UUCP (Kyle D. Henriksen) writes: >>From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (G A Moffett) >>I am beginning to feel that ucla-cs!alex has "gone too far". > >>It may interest you to know that the Usenet contact person > >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 > >PS: The opinions expressed above are mine alone and not necessarily those > of my employer. Thank god! I hope your employer is not as nearsighted and narrowminded and selfish as you. It's obvious that you work hard, since it doesn't leave you any time to think. Although I do wonder how you managed to put together a gramatically correct sentence under the circumstances. Consider: USENET is used and maintained by users. There is no "Big Brother" to support or police it. As with any voluntary association, the members accept the responsibility to behave within the rules (written or not) and abide by them. When someone violates those rules, to the detriment of all, what would you suggest? As I've said before on this issue, I agree with Gordon and others (including myself, of course). People who abuse the net or its users should be willing to accept the consequences. The consequences are decided by their fellows (ouch - does that mean that we're all Alex's fellows? sorry). The administrator at each site clearly has some additional responsibilities (maintenance of the system and so forth), and is the logical person to contact (catch that word contact?). I am one, and would expect to be contacted if one of the users at my sight was violating some rules or guidelines. That's why we have .signatures, right? Again - do you have any suggestions, or are you just farting for us all? -- *** * Steven List @ Benetics Corporation, Mt. View, CA * {cdp,greipa,idi,oliveb,sun,tolerant}!bene!luke!steven ***