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From: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commodore Top Management
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Date: 12 Apr 90 20:30:29 GMT
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In article <7620@sbcs.sunysb.edu>, root@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Systems Staff) writes...
^In article <1614@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov writes:
^>In article <5560@sugar.hackercorp.com>, karl@sugar.hackercorp.com (Karl Lehenbauer) writes...
^>Hmmm...this is the second message that I have seen on getting Mr. Barrett 
^>axed and I'd like to ask that you please put him in your kill file rather than
^>seek some sort of "official" action with his sysadmin.  Let the *ah hem*
^>gentleman post what he will...it is a free net so far...  You don't need to
^>read the junk he posts.
^ 
^	No, I think not.  Ordinarily, ten years of Usenetting
^	had made my skin thick enough to tolerate just about anything
^	until I came across Mr Barretts posting about Mr Gould and 	
^	Mr Ali.  The sort of statements he made in that posting
^	benefit no one.  Perhaps it is his thing to watch the ripples
^	generated in Usenet by his postings, but we should no more 
^	tolerate his sort of nonsense than we tolerate someone yelling
^	fire in a darkened theater.

The analogy is not correct.  Yelling fire in a darkened theater can be deadly. 
I think that it is also illegal.  If you freak out over this silliness then I'd
suggest that you avoid the more...shall we say, strong newsgroups (talk.xxxx).
Also I've noted one post that actually says that the person liked Marc's post. 
Let it be.

^ 
^>If you (like me) do not have a rn program that can kill authors and not just
^>subjects...well the n key still works.
^ 
^	Look, if you want to stick your head in the sand, that is
^	your prerogative.  I want to see Barrett off the net until he
^	demonstrates a reasonable level of maturity and respect for
^	others.
^ 

I don't want to be put in the wierd situtation of defending the Mr Barrett.
However, I do think you are blowing it bit out of proportion.  If you like
accusing me of apathy then that is your prerogative.  Getting into strange
flame wars over computers is not my sort of thing.  Do what you want.  It just
seems petty to me.

^ 
^					Rick Spanbauer
^					State U of NY/Stony Brook

I'd like to ask that people do not send me more mail on this topic.  I don't
particularly enjoy Mr Barrett's posts and do not wish to continue "defending"
him.

Thanks!

Nigel Tzeng


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