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From: jim@ism780c.UUCP (Jim Balter)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Inappropriate comments about drugs
Message-ID: <3759@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 4-Oct-86 05:21:10 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  4 05:21:10 1986
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Reply-To: jim@ism780c.UUCP (Jim Balter)
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In article <1973@videovax.UUCP> stever@videovax.UUCP (Steven E. Rice, P.E.) writes:
>Ah, yes!  The old propaganda of the late 60s and early 70s, all over
>again!  That may play in Whistleville, but not to anyone who has seen
>the wreckage left by these so-called "safe" drugs.  Remember Red Skelton's
>daughter, who stepped out a fifth-floor window while on "safe" LSD?

It was Art Linkletter.  At least keep your stories straight.

>Nice try, guys -- redirecting the conversation to net.nobody-knows-where!
>My request was simple.  This is net.micro.amiga, whose purpose is to
>disseminate information about the use (and abuse) of Amigas.  If you
>want to tell fairy stories about drugs and encourage gullible people to
>use them, please do it on net.rec.drugs or some other place where it
>belongs.

JimM had some throwaway line referring to drugs.  You are the one who
turned it into a topic.  Please take your moralizing back to your *.abortion
and *.christian haunts and keep it out of this group.

>When your fingers start clamoring to insert even a single line of
>pro-drug propaganda into an article in net.micro.amiga, show them
>who's boss -- JUST SAY NO!!!!

There is an interesting article over in the arms discussion digest about
dogmatic and rigid personalities.  Basically, if you think the words of
others are propaganda but your own are not, you are mentally disfunctional.
-- 
-- Jim Balter ({sdcrdcf!ism780c,ima}!jim)