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From: anderson@vms.macc.wisc.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.flame
Subject: Matthew, Brahms
Message-ID: <1863@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 6-Oct-87 07:17:54 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  6 07:17:54 1987
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Reply-To: anderson@vms.macc.wisc.edu.UUCP (Jess Anderson)
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Though I confess up-front that this posting is a bit frivolous,
alt.flame itself is a bit frivolous, in my opinion.

I don't understand all this anti-Matthew stuff.  I've always
found him to be a delightful person.  The same goes for Gene
Smith, who is the other Brahms Gang member I've had some contact
with.

As I stand on the sidelines and witness all these vitriolic
flames, I'm motivated at last to post the opinion that in no
case that I know of did Matthew or Gene ever do actual damage
to another person.  I knew that at one point, Matthew's access
was removed; as I expected, he turned up elsewhere in almost no
time.  So he's irrepressible -- I like that.

In general, I do not think the Brahms Gang has done anything
that would justify writing to UC sys admins or department chairs
and asking for denial of privileges.  

The only "crime" committed by Gene Smith that I know of is to
use the language in a vigorous, energetic, and original manner.
If that's a crime, it's one I approve of.  

I gather Matthew is currently not on the net.  Last I heard, he
had a thesis to write.  I wish him luck.

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