Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!world!ksr!jfw From: jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: SORRY Keywords: apology, reply, tempered response Message-ID: <3796@ksr.com> Date: 31 May 91 15:03:04 GMT References: <48316@bcsaic.UUCP> Sender: news@ksr.com Lines: 16 snicoud@boeing.com (Stephen L Nicoud) writes: >In article callahan@cs.jhu.edu (Paul Callahan) writes: >>This is the most pathetic thing I've seen in my life. My translation reads: > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >No flame intended here, but I think you are being overly harsh. I've >seen the messages from the postmaster at the UWM site and feel more >than satisfied that the "offender" was just plain naive and ignorant. >He has obviously been educated (albeat with a firehose). The >postmaster described the user as being extremely "contrite" about his >action. I happened to send James a message myself, and received a reply roughly like what was posted, which didn't include the comment about wanting to nail the probably-mythical Dave Rhodes. I am quite content with his apology, and would like to ask that we drop this before the phone charges exceed what a successful scam would have raked in...