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From: jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Mac vs Amiga vs IBM vs NEXT vs....
Message-ID: <1056@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 91 09:02:42 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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  Have you ever wondered why there are always flame wars in the comp.sys.mac
groups?  Is it because the users of the other machines "float" above these
newsgroups looking for a "kill?"
  I could come up with some _really_ stupid and childish reasons that would
add a good amount of fuel to the flame wars, but I just want my newsgroups to
be a nice place.  (That line sounds like a line in _Heathers!_, notice?)

  I think it is about high time that we DO form a new newsgroup where all
the mac lovers and amiga users and so on could flame away and tear each other
up into little tiny pieces.  It would be fun to read.  BUT I DON'T WANT TO
READ IT IN COMP.SYS.MAC.GAMES OR ANY OTHER MAC GROUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Since this is a Mac group, I will not appeal to the "others."  Let's just
ignore them for the minute.  I think that every person who posts in these
groups should first think about what they are posting.  If the posting
has any other computer name used in it that warrants a comparison which
will result in a flame war, the writer should not post it, or should post
it in a neutral area, say Switzerland.  (Sorry, can't make this post seem
to stern!) 
  The latest mac vs amiga war was because of a phrase, not really even a
question like "Gee, there are so many games for the amiga and few for the
mac.."  This post was not needed.  It smelled of napalm.  Another post that
was obvivously flamable was the post titled "Why is the mac better than
messy-dos"  It's obvivous the poster wanted to start a fight.
  I am sure that all other computer users have their newsreaders set to scan
all our posting titles for the name of their computer, so that they can be
sure that everyone hears their side.  I'm not saying this is wrong, because
often times people say dumb things that are _totally_ false and need to be
corrected.  Hell, in my early NewsNet days, my motto was "type first, think
later."  BEFORE YOU POST, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR MESSAGE CAN TURN INTO.

#setenv HUMOUR ON

  On a side note, maybe us Mac users should for msome vigilante groups and
go into the amiga, next, and ibm groups and raise some cain, eh?  Just
kidding... :) :) :).  I'm a programmer, not a fighter, and besides, my
asbestos suit got lost at the cleaners. :)

#setenv HUMOUR OFF

|     John Taggart Gorman Jr.    | "I'm a no rust build up man myself."
|                                |          -Christian Slater
| jtgorman@caslon.cs.arizona.edu |             in 'Heathers'