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From: mikep@ism780c.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.flame
Subject: Re: Dorothy
Message-ID: <7997@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Nov-87 09:56:24 EST
Article-I.D.: ism780c.7997
Posted: Sun Nov 22 09:56:24 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 25-Nov-87 07:25:26 EST
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Reply-To: mikep@ism780c.UUCP (Michael A. Petonic)
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica CA
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In article <7906@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> welty@sunup.UUCP (richard welty) writes:
>In any case, mr. mike, you should really watch yourself when flaming
>Dorothy -- I've met her  (she probably doesn't remember me), and you
>*really* don't rate her level of flamage.   You really don't.
>    -- Richard Welty         Phone H: 518-237-6307      W: 518-387-6346

Richard,
if I gave one flying fuck about what you thought, I would have
asked you, no?  If I was the type to be crushed by a flame from
Ms. Dorothy, do you think I would have intentionally antagonized
her?  Hardly.  Why should I give the slightest care to what
someone says on the net in a flame?  I admit, I do look upon 
flames as an amusing thing to pass the time (EVEN when they're
directed at me).  That's why alt.flame is at the top of MY
.newsrc....

If I was worried about getting accepted by everyone on the net,
then I guess I'd join the backpatting society, wouldn't I.  Just
like you did.  However, I feel comfortable enough with myself, so
that I can take whatever flames appear on the net for what they're
worth (and whatever I personally pay for them).  I guess the only
bad thing about what I do is the fact that I might lose my
account on the computer because of it.  Imagine that, I'd have to
be fired if I couldn't get on the computer.  Then, on my next job
application, in the section that says "Reasons for termination", I'd
put "I flamed Dorothy."

Get real!  Not all people care about being accepted by net.society
such as you do.  Conforming to other's expectations is not very 
high on my list of priorities.  Zippyesque quote:  "Am I a
rebel yet?  Huh??? Am I???"

Note to Dorothy:  You can take this as a challenge or an invitation
to flame me and that's fine.  All I want to see is an example of
your handiwork since my workplace doesn't archive soc.* or things
like that.  Shit, is that too much work.  If you want, you don't
even have to flame ME, but flame someone!

As you can probably tell, I don't get shaken up by flames like
some people do.  There's no one rule for success, but there's one
sure rule for failure:  Try to please everyone.

-MikeP