Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!kpno!ut-sally!jsq From: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: So many JEWS???!!! Message-ID: <201@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Mon, 29-Aug-83 21:32:59 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.201 Posted: Mon Aug 29 21:32:59 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 1-Sep-83 00:45:34 EDT References: <375@5941ux.UUCP>, <323@dciem.UUCP>, <959@utcsstat.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 10 This silly business hasn't gone on long enough, so let me stir it up: Has anybody noticed that there seems to be only one tabu on this net? You can use any of the standard dirty words, insult almost any political, racial, ethnic, sexual, etc., group, but you can't even inadvertently say anything remotely critical of either Jews or the state of Israel without having certain net users who seem to think they speak for all Jews jump on you. (That ought to heat it up enough to move it to net.flame.) -- John Quarterman, CS Dept., University of Texas, Austin, Texas {ihnp4,ut-ngp}!ut-sally!jsq, jsq@utexas-780.ARPA (soon to be jsq@ut-sally.ARPA)