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From: nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: net.hate
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Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 03:33:49 EDT
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> From: russ@ihuxf.UUCP (Russell Spence)

> Just like your criticisms have as much as 3% basis in reality.  Like
> when you made many derogitory comments about my musical tastes in a
> previous article without even knowing what I listen to (although I'll
> give you a hint, it's not Kate Bush).

Russell, your message several month ago regarding "The Dreaming" had
nothing interesting to say.  You just went on a tirade about how much
pleasure it would give you to destroy your copy of "The Dreaming" and to
think that there was one less Kate Bush album in the world.  You didn't
give any reasons why you didn't like it, nor any reasons why you think
it should be expunged from the face of the Earth, rather than it just
being something that is not in your tastes.

Your attitude is born-to-lose, Russel, and I don't have to know what
music you listen to to know that you have lousy taste.  Even if all the
music you like is good, you surely can't like it for the right reasons.
Your attitude is ample demonstration of this.

Furthermore, Russel, you informed me that you would take me up on my
offer of a reward for a copy of "The Dreaming" on CD, but that you would
first break it into little pieces and then send it to me.  Clearly you
were being an unnecessarily atagonistic and obnoxious jerk.  If I
responded in kind, it is because I am far from a perfect human being and
tend to treat people the way that they treat me, rather than turning the
other cheek.  I'm very rarely mean to someone who hasn't been mean to me
first, though.

>> [Me:] At least I still seem to realize that this is net.music and not
>> net.hate.

> Sure couldn't tell it from this article.

You are right, you couldn't.  I do indeed *hate* people who hate for no
good reason.  But the vast majority of *my* articles to net.music, are
indeed about music or musicians.  This is opposed to many of my
detractors who have absolutely nothing to say about music in net.music
-- the *only* thing they post is complaints and hate mail.  I know I
shouldn't respond to these obnoxious attacks, because net.music isn't
the proper place for this crap, but like I said, I'm an imperfect human
being, and I can't help but respond sometimes.

			"It may be February,
			 But it's always August under your arms"

			 Doug Alan
			  nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)