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From: jcfst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (John C. Fossum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: amigas in the music world.
Message-ID: <24751@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 7 Jun 90 00:36:58 GMT
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In article <136734@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>, cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes:
> In article <25719@netnews.upenn.edu> charles@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Chuck the GREAT) writes:
> >I would like to know how estblished the amiga is in the world of sight
> >and sound.  As far as the industries' standards, which computer holds
> >the title?  A friend of mine argued for the Crapintosh.  I just want a
> >little reassurance  and opportunity to dispell this myth. All replies
> >may be made directly to me or over the net.
> 
> Charles, if you want to start a flame fest this is the way to do it.
> There are two problems with this posting, 1) If you don't already know
> the answer to your question then why would you believe what we told you,
> and 2) calling a Macintosh a "crapintosh" is a particularly childish and
> needlessly provacative statement. 

If you want flame wars, THIS is the way to start it. I'm sick and
tired of listening to complaints about the way people use language
as a means of communication on this net. If you're offended by the 
message, don't read it...and furthermore, don't go taking up
net space with some whine about how someone honestly feels about
a subject. If he wants to use the word Crapintosh, let him. It's
not vulgar, he's just telling it how it is. Give me a break. Next
you'll want us all to conform to correct grammar usage, have an
outline of our net presentation before we post, a rough and final
draft, and a later post of all the people who passed. And of course,
slang is forbidden. Listen to the words and thoughts instead of
analyzing sentences for god's sake. What we need is more communication
and less speculation. Well, if this bores you or makes no sense to you,
I'll let you crawl back in your corner and program 'Marxism...The Game'.
Freedom of speech...let's keep it that way.  
> 
> this kind of stuff has to stop on this group if it is to remain viable.
> Needless to say there will be others contemplating their first message
> to Usenet and they may feel this is a "safe" topic since everyone in
> the group would presumably agree with them right? Wrong. We will all
                                                           ^^
Thank you for speaking for all of us. Lead us master....
> --
> --Chuck McManis						    Sun Microsystems

Steve M. Suhy
[Not a habitual flamer...or a sheep]