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From: nick@sjuvax.UUCP (N. Straguzzi)
Newsgroups: net.jokes,net.jokes.d
Subject: Re: THAT article
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Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 11:25:17 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 12 11:25:17 1985
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In article <1781@teddy.UUCP> rdp@teddy.UUCP writes:
>A couple of days ago, I submitted a "test" article to net.jokes, and
>got exactly the responce I had anticipated. 
>
>The gist of the article was that I was offended by having to hit extra
>keys inorder to be offended. The original article went something like:
>
>> I object to being offended by some of what goes on in net.jokes. I think
>
>                       ....
>
>Well, people, my experiment has proven most successful. The few of us that
>seem to appreciate satirical humor are laughing most satisfyingly now.
>Net.jokes, for me, has finally provided something funny.
>
>In the meantime, to those of you who laughed with me, bon chance! to those
>of you who who got caught with your righteous finger in your upturned noses,
>have your red face and embarrassment, and join the rest of us in a good
>laugh, you have been had. To the rest of you who still are offended by my
>article about being offended about being protected from offensive material,
>see you the next time around!
>
> Dick Pierce


If I wanted a test, I'd be reading net.amateur_psychologists'_experiments

I didn't know whether your original article was a put-on or not.  But if you
think that it was the most ludicrous viewpoint ever to be posted on a world-
wide bulletin board, then you haven't been reading this net long enough.

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