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From: gerber@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Andrew S. Gerber)
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Subject: Re: Reno: Thanks
Message-ID: <100@mit-amt.MIT.EDU>
Date: Sat, 1-Mar-86 12:12:16 EST
Article-I.D.: mit-amt.100
Posted: Sat Mar  1 12:12:16 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 2-Mar-86 19:50:21 EST
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Reply-To: gerber@mit-amt.UUCP (Andrew S. Gerber,,,2256511)
Organization: MIT Media Lab
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In article <5050@alice.uUCp> bjob@alice.UucP (Barbara J. Orlando-Bimmler) writes:
>> > Andrew Fine wishes:
>> > 
>> > > Best of luck, Gary. Tell us all how it works out.
>> > 
>> > I say, "No, thanks."  We really don't care.  Hell, we don't even know
>> > the guy's name!  How does Ansuk expect us to feel sympathy for him?
>>       ^^^^^^^^^^^
>>         and I suppose you want his address, phone number, social security
>> number and date of birth also.  Give me a break!
>
>I don't want to talk to him, I'd just like some evidence he's real.
>This whole things smacks distinctly like an attention-getting ploy
>generated by you to bolster your sagging self-image.  Well, I'm sorry
>to say that net.suicide is *not* the place to appeal for sympathy.
>Try net.poems.
>				BJO-B


BJO-B, your reply sounds like an attention-getting ploy so everyone
can see what a callous jerk you are.

If you can't say something nice about someone's request for sympathy,
say nothing.  If someone wants sympathy, and you don't want to give
it, then SHUT UP.  Don't make them feel worse.

I think the posting was legit.  I didn't have anything useful to say
about it, so I didn't reply.

I think YOU should have done the same!
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