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From: kurtzman@pollux.usc.edu (Stephen Kurtzman)
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Subject: Re: Stacks for kids...
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Date: 13 Mar 88 13:10:19 GMT
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Summary: Lighten up

In article <2302@saturn.ucsc.edu> alibaba@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Alexander M. Rosenberg) writes:
>I thought that I would follow up here for those following the "Inigo
>goes to Hell" flames.
>
>This morning, I received a call from Bob Goodenough. He was distressed
>about "Inigo goes to Hell". I think that he has quite a right to be mad,
>as I am sure Amanda was. He just wanted a copy of the stack, so that he
>might be able to figure out who did it.

Since there were a lot of flames about "Inigo goes to Hell", I had to download
it to see for myself. Lighten up, people. It looked like an adolescent's
response to what s/he percieved to be an insipid stack. I don't know what
Bob Goodenough is going to do if he finds out what teenager made "Inigo
goes to Hell". He certainly has no legal recourse since "Inigo gets out"
is not copyrighted (I searched high and low for a copyright message in
the copy I have and I found none).


>... "Inigo goes to Hell" is the same sort of thing. It is a tasteless
>execution of poking-fun at something that doesn't really deserve
>to be made fun of. 

Well, apparently you and the author of "Inigo goes to Hell" have a difference
of opinion. As tasteless as you may have found it, you must admit that
Scott Watson had a funny look on his face as poor little Inigo warmed
himself on the car radiator. 

> What makes it worse, is that somebody spent some time drawing "Hell."

I repeat, lighten up. Hell has been the subject of many artistic and
literary works (not the least of which is the Bible). If some teenager has
an active imagination, the desire for a little rebellion and anti-social
activity, and some time to spend, I'd much rather they draw Hell than raise it.

>To whomever wrote that stack:
>
>... Amanda is a person whom one cannot conceive of hurting. ...
>She is probably pretty hurt ... you should be ashamed. ...
>I find it excrutiatingly hard to believe that anybody would do this.

Life is rough. Whoever told you things would always be sweetness and light
did you a great disservice. Seriously, your emotions seem way out of
proportion for what seems little more than a teenage prank.

>Not only is it a personal strike against Amanda, ...

I doubt the authors intended it to be anything other than parody.
Interpretting the stack as a personal strike against anyone is overreaction.