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From: meadley@cell.mot.COM (A. Meadley)
Newsgroups: news.misc,news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: How do I delete certain (harming) files?
Summary: Extremists and irrationality
Message-ID: <148@zircon.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 89 20:09:40 GMT
References: <3141@draak.cs.vu.nl> <1989Sep5.025248.15909@twwells.com> <1989Sep12.031136.2207@twwells.com>
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In article <1989Sep12.031136.2207@twwells.com>, bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes:
> In article <112@zircon.UUCP> meadley@cell.mot.COM (A. Meadley) writes:
> : In article <1989Sep5.025248.15909@twwells.com>, bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes:
> : > In article <3141@draak.cs.vu.nl> ollie@gov.secret.usa (Col. Oliver North) writes:
> : > Actually, you are ollie@cs.vu.nl. That was a most clumsy forgery.
> : >
> : > Your postmaster will hear of this. Along with the postmasters of vu.nl
> :
> : Tell you what. Why not take him out, hang, draw and quarter him and
> : then perhaps you could even burn him at the stake.
> :
> : How does that sound to you?  No?  Too liberal?
> : Oh, well - nevermind then.  I would have used a smiley, but is this
> : a joke?
> 
> There will always be the immature, of whatever age, that think that
> purposelessly violating law or custom is funny.

It may have not occurred to you, but what I found funny was not the article
"purposelessly violating law or custom", but rather your response to it.

I would have thought that even a cursory reading of my article would have
made that eminently clear. Apparently I am incorrect in that assumption.

> And I'm not in the business of teaching kindergarten ethics.

Judging from your mailing, it is good that you are not in the business of
teaching ethics. Period.

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