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From: marek@ucrmath.UUCP (Marek Chrobak)
Newsgroups: alt.flame,alt.drugs
Subject: Re: Just say "Yup, he's an idiot"
Message-ID: <126@ucrmath.UUCP>
Date: 21 Feb 88 21:31:53 GMT
References: <1899@optilink.UUCP> <518@ddsw1.UUCP> <382@igloo.UUCP> <413@galaxy>
Organization: University of California, Riverside
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In article <413@galaxy>, marco@andromeda.rutgers.edu (the wharf rat) writes:
> In article <120@ucrmath.UUCP> marek@ucrmath.UUCP (Marek Chrobak) writes:
> >[...] You seem to feel this urge to insult and destroy anyone who
> 	Hey, look here, chump, this is ALT.FLAME !! 

  Not quite. You may be not aware of this, but your postings are also
posted in alt.drugs. I don't read alt.flame, it's too boring. 

>            it's FOR FLAMING HOPELESS TURKEYS like YOU 

    Thank you, sir. I guess you must have a book full of similar expressions,
and you chose something as innocent as flaming hopeless turkey. Of all the
bad names you could have called me ! That's indeed very nice of you.

Now about drugs:

> 	Yeah ??  How's this: If you tell kids that marijuana will destroy
> them, then tell them that PCP will destroy them, and they've seen their
> older siblings smoke pot, and maybe even tried it themselves, when some
> pusher comes up and says "Here, try this." what do *you* think is gonna 
> happen ?  "Awww, gee, no thanks, Mr. Pusher, they told me that stuff's
> bad for you ...". 

   You are not the only person which touches this point, and I have never
said that teaching that all drugs is instant death is good. But I do not
still understand why teaching them that pot is ok but PCP not might help.
You write yourself that they try pot though they are said it's bad. Why
should not they try PCP when they are said not to. My point was that you
oversimplify the problem, even though you say the same about Pete's
posting. Or at least this is what I was able to deduce from your article.

> > I, myself, regard posting insults on the net as a cowardice. you don't know 
> > the person you are insulting, and it is most unlikely you will even met 
> > him/her.

> 	Oh, so now I'm a coward, huh ?  Tell ya what, mail me your phone
> number and I'll call you up and tell you you're a schmuck. 

   Sorry to say this, but I indeed think that you are. And I am pretty
sure that you will call me just to show that you are not. Oh - ok, my
number is (714) 787 3769. Enjoy.

> ps - >You would not dare to say the same in direct face to face contact.
>      >But you, mr 'the wharf rat' not only do this, but you do not have even
>      >decency to sign your posting with your name. 
> 
> 	Sure I would.  How about we do lunch someday ?   

No, thank you sir. I am afraid I would not help vomiting.

Marek