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Subject: Re: Re: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 15-Nov-84 00:34:43 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 15 00:34:43 1984
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inmet!nrh    Nov 14 03:25:00 1984

>***** inmet:net.flame / ucbcad!faustus / 12:43 am  Nov 12, 1984
>> Those of you with memories will remember a posting from Ken Arndt
>> claiming "we kicked a little ass".  Since this seemed to be a political
>> statement, and this is not net.politics, I mailed him a note asking him
>> if it was a political statement, and requesting, if it was, that he not
>> send more political statements (if I may so dignify the submission) to
>> this newsgroup.  It is my understanding that this is what netiquette
>> requires.  I also included a short statement taking issue with his
>> conclusions from the election.  Below is his response to my letter.  I
>> would like to call the attention of his local netnews administrator to
>> this.  Maybe s/he can convince Arndt to be more selective in his
>> newsgroup selection.  Obviously mail will not be effective.
>
>	(Letter from Ken Arndt follows...)
>
>Look, this is net.flame. NOTHING is inappropriate. I certainly hope that
>nobody does take the trouble of bringing this to the attention of any
>netnews administrators -- if you don't like what somebody is saying,
>DON'T bother his boss. This is a particularly nasty form of censorship,
>which can result in severe problems for the person being censored.
>No matter how much you may disagree with Arndt, you don't have any grounds
>for harassing him in this way. (And besides, I doubt that anybody else
>was offended by seeing the article in net.flame anyway.)
>
>	Wayne
>----------
>

Right on, Wayne!  (See, we agree on something in public, folks, just for
the record).  A usenet administrator myself, I once had to deal with 
such a complaint.  My response:  LOOK -- DON'T INVOLVE ME IN YOUR PETTY
DISPUTES -- I'VE GOT MY OWN PETTY DISPUTES TO WORRY ABOUT.

I would like to point out that Ken Arnold was talking about a netnews
administrator, not someone's boss.  

I, too, am under the impression that in net.flame, anything goes
except possibly for friendly discussion backed by solid references about
important subjects.

						- Nat Howard