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From: cjp@vax135.UUCP (Charles Poirier)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Flame, but don\'t shotgun
Message-ID: <1125@vax135.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 02:05:48 EDT
Article-I.D.: vax135.1125
Posted: Sat Jul 13 02:05:48 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 15:19:39 EDT
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I am a bit perturbed at the recent suggestion that flames about 
people's inappropriate postings *should* be cross-posted to groups
that the offender is more likely to read than net.flame.  I want
to encourage people to never cross-post from net.flame.  One of
the justifications for having a net.flame is to insulate other groups
from having to read non-group-related material.  To hit everyone in
a group with non-information directed mainly at one person is something
I think most net users consider annoying (to put it mildly).


The way to be sure that someone gets your hate mail is to send him
*mail*.  Does it make sense to post flames to protect the purity of
your favorite non-flame newsgroup *in* that newsgroup?  (No.) When you
just *have* to nail someone publicly, please confine it to net.flame
and send the sucker mail to make sure he reads the article.

	From the bed of nails of
	Charles Poirier (decvax, ucbvax, ihnp4)!vax135!cjp