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From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: soc.women,soc.motss,soc.men,news.admin
Subject: Re: Warning: Offensive to techies
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Date: 12 Mar 88 07:31:37 GMT
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Keywords: looney, slander
Summary: Mark Ethan Smith knows!  Erkk -- the sky is falling!

In article <7614@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> era1987@violet.berkeley.edu (Mark Ethan Smith) laments:
>
>The answer is that the techies who wrote the usenet software, maintain
>it, are the majority of net readers, and are the only ones with the
>power to enforce standards, are not willing to enforce any standards
>in noise groups, or to permit technical status to a group involving
>women or human rights.
>
>These are the same kind of guys who take time off from developing
>nuclear weapons to molest children or harass women, but are
>mostly incapable of human relationships.  

Ooops, you forgot to mention that we beat old people, ridicule the
handicapped, and direct an international movement to enslave women and
minorities.  We also kick puppies and kittens and spit on our parents.
Yeah, that's the ticket!  We even litter sometimes -- on purpose!

Once again, Mark, you alone with your unbiased, clear vision of reality
have seen to the heart of the matter.  We are exposed at last!  (Oh my,
that was obviously a thinly veiled sexist comment, yet more proof of the
vile cunning of the international male conspiracy!).

Gee, I'm so embarassed that Mark has recognized the true nature of the
majority of people maintaining and using the net and that I'm one of
them.  We're obviously cruel, evil, sick individuals -- why, we don't
agree with MES!  Now that we're exposed, we'll have to call the cabal
together to find another way to deny Mark an account.  There is no way
to discredit those balanced, rational, fact-filled postings Mark makes
so often, so we must deny Mark the forum to make them!  After all, the
net *is* real life, and we don't want any more postings showing how
Mark has discerned our true nature, right?

I'd abase myself and my colleagues more, but I've got to go molest some
children and degrade some women (and vice versa).  It's the only way I
can relax -- I get so peevish trying to teach those juniors and seniors
how to use semaphores and critical sections so they can construct
fusion devices for their homework.  If only I didn't alienate every
human being I've ever met....  maybe it's the sadomasochistic lesbians
I hang out with?  (See, another thinly veiled dangler remark!)
-- 
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet:  spaf@cs.purdue.edu	uucp:	...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf