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From: bill@inebriae.UUCP (Bill Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Amino Acids
Summary: email retaliation will work too
Message-ID: <411@inebriae.UUCP>
Date: 24 Aug 89 00:31:24 GMT
References: <13725@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Reply-To: bill@ssbn.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy)
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In article <13725@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> dgross@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David Gross) writes:
>As a vegetarian, I am somewhat careful to maintain a balance of amino acids

[ cross posted here, deleted ]

If they choose to try to extort this newsgroup we can defend ourselves by
each of us sending an email reply to each article explaining how we feel
about their vandalizing our group.  For purpose of illustration, let's
assume that there are 1,500 readers of comp.sys.att and that 10% are angry
enough to do what I propose.  How many people can tolerate 150 email replies
to each article they cross post?  Sure, they can just delete them, but would
not the SA notice and intervene?  I would if it was coming from my site.

I don't support terrorism or guerilla tactics and what I have suggested
could be interpreted as either or both.  On the other hand, it's something
that each of us can do to invite the cross posters to retreat to their own
group.  The whole thing is silly, so I don't see any reason to not punish
those who are too ignorant to realize that they can not punish AT&T and too
stupid to accept that this newsgroup is not AT&T.  Note that this is not
cross posted to alt.drugs, nor am I suggesting that we follow suit with the
beaux eaux who chooses to cross post here.  There's email on its way to David
Gross regarding how my stomach acid feels about his amino acids .0025 :-)
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Bill Kennedy    {texbell,att,cs.utexas.edu,sun!daver}!ssbn!bill
                bill@ssbn.WLK.COM  or attmail!ssbn!bill