From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxj!mhuxi!cbosgd!cad
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: Leave Arwen Alone!
Article-I.D.: cbosgd.3410
Posted: Tue Apr 12 07:33:52 1983
Received: Wed Apr 13 22:46:01 1983


    Since I have only just begun reading this newsgroup (up until about
    a month ago, I would have felt uncomfortable with this group in my
    options list) I am not sure if the current spate of articles about
    Miss Arwen's birthday constitute a departure from the norm in etiquette
    or whether contributors to this group are just naturally rude.

    In net.suicide or net.flame snide remarks and tasteless propositions
    are expected, but in a group dedicated to furthering human communication
    among the oceans of single people, I find articles like Judy's and 
    Scott's (not to mention Carl's) distasteful in the extreme.  Who are
    they to cast aspersions on Miss Arwen's moral character?  To my mind,
    Miss Arwen has been as forthright and as decent a contributor as any
    I have seen on the net.  Such ugly implications toward her strike me
    as immature and misguided.

    Let's try to keep net.singles from stumbling down the path of vulgarity
    and ill-feelings.  I have watched such offal overwhelm several other
    newsgroups and in my opinion, it is not a pretty sight.  Net.singles
    should be a group about good feelings, honest exchanges and healthy
    discussion, not one where a person's character is brought out on the
    table and subjected to a distributed disection through the wonders
    of electronic news.


			Calmer now, but still wary,

			---> Chuck A DeGaul <---