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From: mjc@cad.cs.cmu.edu (Monica Cellio)
Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.jokes.d
Subject: Re: newgroup mod.jokes && rmgroup net.jokes
Message-ID: <397@cad.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Sun, 22-Dec-85 16:10:58 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 22 16:10:58 1985
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>>> [some immature person writes that if net.jokes becomes moderated, he'll
>>> post his stuff in inappropriate groups all over the net.]

>> [Rick Adams says if this happens, he will post a fix to software to ignore
>> the above person.]

From: brianc@tekla.UUCP (and others)
>Perhaps we should "fix" Mr. Adams and see how he enjoys being censored.
>Maybe it will cure his distinct anal-cranial inversion.

You (and many others) miss the point.  Rick is not trying to censor the net.
He is trying to prevent abuse of the net.  Anyone who posts his intentions to
abuse the net is asking for trouble and should be pounced on by the net.gods,
his system administrator, and anyone else who cares to join the fray.  It was
the original poster who showed "anal-cranial inversion", not Rick Adams.  

By the way, I support mod.jokes and it has nothing at all to do with
censorship.  I've been on the net for a year and a half.  I've seen the
canonical list of lightbulb jokes 3 or 4 times, and each time it is followed
by dozens of messages (many duplicates) saying "you forgot this one".  I've
seen the same father goose stories many times.  I've seen the same "mommy,
mommy" jokes over and over.  You get the idea.  I still read net.jokes
because occasionally there is new material there.  It would help a lot,
though, if someone could act as a filter to trap the numerous duplicates.
Will someone please tell me why this filtering process is unreasonable?

Brian, and Chuck Flaherty, and all you others who have flamed on this issue,
please pay some attention to what has been said by all involved before
pouncing.  You'll save yourselves from looking like jerks.

							-Dragon
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