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From: mjt@voodoo.UUCP (Jim Tallant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: caution on vulgar replies
Message-ID: <838@voodoo.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jan 91 04:44:14 GMT
References: <20695@know.pws.bull.com>
Organization: BoGART To You Buddy, Bellevue, WA
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In article <20695@know.pws.bull.com> tba@pws.bull.com (Todd Aubin) writes:
>
>Just to let those who are new to the net know...
>
>It is a documented offense to reply to a usenet poster
>and use vulgar langauge.

Just where is this documented? I hope it's not where I can read it on
the net.  Somebody might get sued. 

>
>I am currently involved with a lawsuit against a usenet
>post at a university in Calafornia who said mail to
>me via a system at his school, and through a system
>at my company. 

Get real. Are you serious?

>
>I don't know how many people know this. I have not use vulgar
>language (F__, S__, etc) when posting because I have been
>posting for many years and have learned by reading,

From the grammer you are using it sound like you don't use English language
either.  If you want to know all the good words, read alt.flames.

>but I was astounded by the fact that so many lawsuits have been
>successfull.

I'm astounded too. Care to share a few examples?
I guess that last line really explains the whole problem.  You hear somewhere
that someone won a lawsuit against a person using a four letter word 
so you pick on some poor dweeb who probably doesn't know any better and
sue him. Just what do think you'll gain?  

>
>Incidentally, the worst they do is remove the individual from the
>school, with no criminal record.
>
So why bother?  This is really stupid.

Wait. I got it.  Maybe this post was put here to tweek off everybody. Then
they would all start using 'vulgar langauge' and then you could sue us all!
Yea.

I can't believe it.  I do hope the people who read this group have better
sense that to give this guy more that a piece of you mind and some good
common sense advice.  Lay off Mr. Aubin.  (and buy an english book!)

No wonder the courts in this country are so backlogged.  Isn't america
wonderful.
>
>Sorry to bore the rest of you.

Yea, we're sorry too.

>-- 
>Todd B. Aubin                        | uunet!hbiso!tba or tba@pws.bull.com
>ISO Unix Marketing Support           | "Boring disclaimer:" The above views
>Bull Information Systems, Inc.       | are mine and are not meant to reflect
>Technology Park, Billerica, MA 01821 | the views of my employer.


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