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From: jrl@harpo.UUCP (jrl)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: TO THOSE TEED OFF . . . .
Message-ID: <2571@harpo.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Jul-84 16:27:59 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  3 16:27:59 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Jul-84 05:21:32 EDT
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    TO THOSE OFFENFED BY FAGGOTS/DYKES/LIBERAL FLAME

   
       Thanks for chewing me out via the net and electronic mail. For an
article that was on the host system for 60 seconds it seemed to make it
to all parts of the country. Usually I just read the net. However in order
to see how it works I needed something that would generate responses by more
than a few people. So my absurd flame was submited to net.flame and personal
mail was answered by some more bigoted retoric in order to get people teed 
off egnough to rebut me. This little exercise in getting peoples dander up
gave me two things. One was an understanding about how articles are fowarded
across the net and how long it takes for articles to bounce along to other
sites. The other was an insight into electronic mail and paths. Another 
such excerise was done in net.singles since not all sites seem to get all
newsgroups. I was really suprised that so many people took me seriously, 
after all I was so off the wall how could you take it seriously !


      As to the fact that I did not have the guts to sign my name to
such rhetoric well I figured that someone would find me out and that's
exactly what happened. Thus I learned that there is no hiding behind 
login id's if someone really wants to find out who you are. HOWEVER -
before someone gets too upset and screws me to the wall with mgt, and
the local AA group, I would see if any more articles appear with such
tones as the one in question. I was careful not to go too overboard with
any one group or race, to avoid any legal ramifications with AA or mgt.


                                       Happy netting   

                                      J. Liano  @  harpo!jrl