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From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (CNEWS MUST DIE!)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b
Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed
Message-ID: <T6mR328w164w@mantis.co.uk>
Date: 30 May 91 15:21:04 GMT
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Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.
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rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
> In article <wu2N39w164w@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (CNEWS MUST DIE!) w
> >Right. But the users who happen to be using the software written by the
> >person who didn't follow the RFC are innocent bystanders; and innocent
> >bystanders should not be punished.
> 
>   I totally agree.  That is why we are tired at your continued attempts to
> harrass the totally innocent designers of Cnews, and the totally innocent
> sysadmins who have made an honest and considered judgement to use Cnews.

But C News is the program which is meting out the punishment!

Or is it "only following orders", as the famous saying goes?


mathew