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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
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Posted: Sat Jun 29 07:14:16 1985
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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")