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From: jj@alice.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Inappropriate net behavior (Re: Perlman)
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 15:49:50 EST
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Mr. Perlman is not the only person to experience the problem
of hate mail.   It seems that there are quite a few individuals
on the net who feel the need to express themselves in insulting,
demeaning, or outright threatening terms.  I have no knowledge
of those who Mr. Perlman experienced difficulty with, and I suspect that
my own experience does not involve any of those principles, in any way,
however, I have also experienced the same sort of hate literature,
attacks on personal competence, and the like during my time on the net, 
both involving net.audio (where I qualify as recognized and practicing 
professional) and opinion groups (politics, flame, abortion) where I
speak as an individual.  

One might note that I have been very inactive of late, as have many
other former net contributors.  It is ALSO my impression that the
net is inexorably driving responsible and informed contributors
away in all areas, as the SNR of the  net AND the attitudes of
the noise generators both decrease in acceptability.  

Speaking for myself, I see no reason whatsoever to make observations
in net.audio/physics or whatever that are based on common textbook
principles that I work with every day, only to be told that I am
utterly informed, and that I should go to grade school.  <I am 
deliberately eyphimizing what I have been told.>


Bye bye,
-- 
"the other man's grass is always greener, some are ..."

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