From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxj!mhuxa!houxm!hogpc!houti!ariel!hou5f!hou5b!hou5c!hou5e!mat
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: Ad hominum
Article-I.D.: hou5e.408
Posted: Sat Apr 23 02:52:52 1983
Received: Sun Apr 24 06:28:53 1983

I hoped that I could refrain from comment on articles on this newsgroup,
but I can't seem to resist.  Look, this newsgroup goes all over the place
-- and maybe to your future POSSLQ or employer (remember DoD and security
clearances, and just plain general respectability?)  Do we have to have details
of individual's sex practices? It really does seem to demean the author of the
article.  And worse yet is the ad hominum flame applied to the author of the
article, particularly when it contains innuendo.  Now, I am guilty of innuendo
myself, but there are some things on which I feel comment is undignified,
to say the least.  Does anyone out there agree?  I am not complaining about
what you DO; I just don't feel that it is always an appropriate matter for
articles and flames -- especially when there are NAMES involved.  And it really
does look bad.

					In the name of proffessionalism, etc.
					-!hou5e!mat
					Mark Terribile
					Duke of deNet