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Subject: How about a scorecard?
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Date: Thu, 24-Sep-87 00:08:51 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 24 00:08:51 1987
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In a recent posting, Brandon Allbery - "moderator of comp.sources.misc" writes:
> ...
> I would remind the net of the Brahms Gang's complicity in the atrocious
> net mismanagement that resulted in fh@mit-eddie losing his account (deserved
> or not, we still don't have all the facts on that one.  I personally suspect
> that Foothead got the axe because of the Brahms Gang plus the fact that he
> was forwarding news to/from Rich Rosen, and not because of any actual proof
> that he was involved in any "shady" net activities).
> ...

A few years ago, during one of my periodic attempts to keep up with the news,
I came across the tail end of the controversy over Mr. Maroney's departure
from the net.  I found it a little confusing.  At the same time, if I remember
correctly, I noticed that it seemed like no matter what group I read, there
was some guy named Rosen filling it up with a lot of crap.

I remember asking a friend, who followed the net more, who Maroney & Rosen
were.  His answer was "Just a couple of jerks on the net".

Recently I started reading a few newsgroups again.  Just about the time
the Brahms Gang - Maroney Affair flared up I guess.  When I started reading
I noticed that the Great Names from the Past seemed gone.  Where was Rosen?
Where was Ken Arndt?  Where was that great lover of Judaism, Don Black?
Could there be a higher level of discourse in this modern era?  Then I noticed
references to the Brahms Gang.  Aha! I thought, a new generation has arisen
to fill the vacuum.  But better was yet to come. I found an article by Tim
Maroney in alt.drugs.  I figured he had to be the original, back like a Phoenix
from the ashes.

Maroney I knew, but the Brahms Gang was a little fuzzy.  So I asked another
friend, who'd been keeping up while I was away, who or what was the Brahms
Gang.  "Just a couple of jerks on the net" she replied.

Some things never change I guess.

But what's the story on Foothead?  And how does that relate to Rosen? (I knew
he had to be in this somewhere :-) ).  And whatever happened to Ken Arndt?

Greg Pickle
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"Dry hair is for squids."  A memorable line from an unmemorable movie.