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From: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Ray Dunn)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Results of sci.aquaria vote
Keywords: Yes 466, No 318, Maybe 1
Message-ID: <834@philmtl.philips.ca>
Date: 10 Nov 89 17:15:35 GMT
References: <21911@gryphon.COM> <830@philmtl.philips.ca> <22007@gryphon.COM>
Reply-To: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Ray Dunn)
Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. -  St. Laurent  P.Q., Canada
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In article <830@philmtl.philips.ca> I wrote:
>Me, thrice, revoting because of flippant "acknowledgements" from Sexton
>which could have been construed as rejections.

In article <22007@gryphon.COM> richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) replies:
>Flippant ? You got the same response all no voters got in the 1 week of
>3 that I sent ACK's: a polite note that article id blah de blah in
>news.groups was a representative posting of the proposed sci.aquaria
>group in case they were mired down in the bullshit.
>...
> Perhaps you can tell me.

Certainly.  Let's have an example shall we?

I wrote (on a second attempt after a try through cadovax appeared to bounce):

>I vote NO to sci.aquaria.
>Please confirm receipt.

I received the response:

>Message-Id: <8910231337.AA02193@gryphon.COM>
>Ok., you send me a receipt and I'l confirm it.

Flippant?  I suppose you have difficulty recognizing it, it's not quite as
obvious as derision and disdain.
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