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From: mjc@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA (Monica Cellio)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: re: Come ON
Message-ID: <14@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 14-Nov-84 22:11:17 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 14 22:11:17 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 18-Nov-84 03:32:46 EST
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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I hope that Mike Huybensz (mrh@cybvax) is an exception and that most people
on the net are a bit more considerate.  Mike, did it really hurt you to hit
'n' two extra times?  I'm not defending trite posts on net.general, but when
someone's life is at stake I think it's reasonable to ask the net for help.
If posts about murphy's laws, houses for sale, and software can be posted
and not contested by you, what is wrong with a plea for help in a missing
persons case?

Usenet is a community, and people in a community often ask each other for
help.  If you don't want to participate, either quietly ignore the request
or stop reading net.general.  If you really think a post is inappropriate,
try sending mail to the poster and asking why he posted it.  While not true
this time, it is often the case that the post was from a neo who didn't know
any better.  Explaining things to him is much better than flaming at him
without suggesting alternatives.

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