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From: murphy@hou2a.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: flamers beware: DADDY is listening
Message-ID: <170@hou2a.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9-Nov-83 08:27:02 EST
Article-I.D.: hou2a.170
Posted: Wed Nov  9 08:27:02 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 10-Nov-83 03:04:48 EST
Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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              O.K., kids. It's time for a little lesson in common
              courtesy from ol' uncle murphy. 

              Do you remember when you and little Jimmy were playing 
              with his erector set on the porch (for some newsnetters,
              this may have been as recent as last week), and he said "my
              thing is better than yours!!" and you said "no it's not!"
              and he said "yes it is!", etc., etc., until you finally
              lost your little cool and called him a DOO-DOO. 

              Remember how good it felt, calling him a DOO-DOO?
              Do you also remember that at that point Jimmy picked up
              his erector set and went home, and you didn't see him
              again for a long, long time?

              In case you don't see the point, logical and rational
              discussion is tough enough for a lot of us even without
              the considerable burden of open display of emotional
              (and irrational) vitriol. Personal attacks, bad language,
               etc., will do much to undermine your credibility as a
              rational and constructive thinker, with the end result
              that adults will not take you seriously.

              I advise all concerned to note net.news, where mention
              is made of management eliminating much of netnews due
              to so-called abuses--in other words, if you don't behave,
              DADDY will take away your erector set.

              Before posting something to a newsgroup, stop for a minute
              and honestly ask yourself if what you're saying is really
              rational, constructive, and polite. Remember, DADDY just
              might be listening from behind the rumpus room door.

                                               Rich Ganns
                                               hou2a!murphy