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From: keith@seismo.CSS.GOV (Keith Bostic)
Newsgroups: net.jokes.d
Subject: Re: Rock Hudson Jokes
Message-ID: <405@seismo.CSS.GOV>
Date: Sat, 12-Oct-85 17:27:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: seismo.405
Posted: Sat Oct 12 17:27:08 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 14-Oct-85 04:11:11 EDT
References: <195@Navajo.ARPA>
Distribution: net
Organization: Center for Seismic Studies, Arlington, VA
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Summary: not again...

In article <195@Navajo.ARPA>, fournier@Navajo.ARPA writes:

> Pardon the title, and pardon the posting in net.jokes.

No, I won't pardon either the title or the posting.  What makes you think that
you are so special, that your article is so wonderful, that you should trick
people into reading it?  Of course, that's right, Mom, we *don't* know what's
good for us, do we?  Not that you're the only one, I don't know why I'm picking
on you, some other twit posted something about him dying and weren't we all
upset.

> It would be easy to believe that these "jokes" and their posting were
> prompted by hatred, stupidity, ignorance and fear (surely humor was not a
> factor).

How about that some of the people out there found them funny?  I personally
didn't.  Not particularly, anyway.  But if Joe Schmoe does, that's wonderful.
If I choose not to read it the 'n' key is at my disposal.  Unless of course,
the posters follow your lead and start sneaking them into the newsgroup with
"Sweet Little Child Joke" in the subject line.

> Thank you for reading this.

It wasn't by choice.  If you hadn't felt that you had to trick people into
reading your article I'd have missed the whole thing.

Keith Bostic
	keith@seismo.CSS.GOV