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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Professor Wagstaff)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: repartes is repartes & blasted pasts &tc
Message-ID: <594@pyuxd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 09:29:26 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 27 09:29:26 1985
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Keywords: followup yours

> So glad to see that all those discussions about the existence of god have
> moved into net.flame where we can *all* delight in them.  After all, what
> would they be doing in net.religion, anyway?  Besides, sneaking off to
> net.flame where the discussion didn't start and Rich Rosen just mayn't be
> reading is pretty clever--if he isn't reading, he can't defend himself! [LISA]

What's more interesting than Gary's "diversion" of discussion to net.flame is
Charley Wingate's tactic:  set the "Followup-to:" line to "net.flame" in his
articles posted to net.religion.  This has two interesting (intended) effects:
1) The responder doesn't get to continue discussion in the same forum in which
the original article was posted (as if to say "I'm not interested in hearing
your response, so post it elsewhere"), and 2) It makes the responder (not
Charley) the brunt of the "why are you posting this religion crap here in
net.flame" type abuse.
-- 
Otology recapitulates phonology.
					Rich Rosen    ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr