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From: jad@hpfclo.UUCP
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Subject: Re: My first flame
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Date: Fri, 20-Jul-84 21:35:00 EDT
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> I shall not flame.
> I shall NOT flame.
> I shall NOT FLAME.
> I shall NOT FLAME!
	
	Then you're in the wrong newsgroup.  But that reminds me of
	something by King Crimson: "I repeat myself when under stress.
	I repeat myself when under stress.  I repeat myself when under
	stress.  I repeat myself when under stress...."

> ----FLAME ON----
>   Why is it that in every newsgroup, there is a self-appointed committee
>   of cronies who INSIST on flaming people who commit the most minor
>   infraction of what these cronies perceive are the 'rules' of the
>   newsgroup?
>   My favorite of these is the "your topic is not appropriate for
>   this newsgroup".

	Yeah, I said that once already ... I must be doing well!
	And by the way, I'm no 'cronie', 'kid'.  ("I'm not old, I'm 37"
	... "Well I did say I was sorry about the old woman part")

>  I don't believe people intentionally offend here.

	Guess again, eric.  That's one of the allowed behaviors here.
	Get used to it, or read something else.  

/*	FLAME off	*/		/*    well, suspended perhaps	*/
	I have to say that, since this is net.flame.  I sure don't have
	to FLAME ON, though, that's a bit redundant, don't you think ...

>   Don't take offense.  Be patient to new or uninformed people.
>   This is a philosophy that I first picked up on when coming on to
>   the net about a month ago.
>   We're all here because we enjoy it. (I think)

	Okay, I'll have to admit that is a "nice" policy, and one which
	I practice in person ... but this is the place where you can
	throw that aside and just bitch at/about things you don't like.

			--	john	  --

			  aka	John Dilley,
			[ihnp4] !hpfcla!jad.
"My time coming any day, don't worry about me no"