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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Flaming Style Pointer
Message-ID: <669@abnji.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Jun-85 07:51:39 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  4 07:51:39 1985
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Organization: Terminus Hospital, Incorporated
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Apologies for the repetition, but I am amused by this gentleman's 
article.  I guess that he never read the original organization line.

>A suggestion on flaming style was recently posted to this newsgroup:
>
>> If you're going to post to this group the flame should include
>> one or more of the following:
>> 
>> 	a) name calling
>> 	b) sarcasim
>> 	c) foul language
>> 	d) slander
>> 
>
>I hasten to point out that these suggestions only apply if you are
>still an undergraduate (or, perhaps, a still-retarded graduate student)
>at a university that is not careful who it lets represent it in public.
>If you are presently employed by a provider of network access, it is
>assumed that you have successfully survived puberty and no longer need
>to indulge in adolescent name calling, adolescent sarcasim(sic), or 
>adolescent foul language.  As to slander: legal remedies are available
>to anyone actually slandered on the net.  

If you noticed, this article was originated at a business in 
Massachusetts (Genrad, I believe), not a university.  I would therefore
suppose that the writer has already finished his education and is now
working for a living.

I would also hasten to point out that the originator forgot spelling
flames.

>I look forward each year to the summer vacations at the schools around
>the country -- the intellectual level of the discussions on the net go
>up substantially until September rolls around again.

This, of course, ignores the many students who can contribute ideas in
a very reasonable fashion.

>Happy Summer Vacation, Students.
>
>Happier Summer Respite to the rest of you netters!!!

How long is it until your vacation?
-- 
James C Armstrong, Jnr.   ihnp4!abnji!nyssa

The Boss gave me one of these, ten seconds, he said.  Let's see
if it works...