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From: matt@oddjob.UChicago.EDU (Yes, *THAT* Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Now it Can Be Told
Message-ID: <14598@oddjob.UChicago.EDU>
Date: 31 Mar 88 16:23:10 GMT
References: <149@ccd700.UUCP> <757@actnyc.UUCP>
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) In article <149@ccd700.UUCP> jim@ccd700.UUCP (J. Sitek) writes:
) <I would like to take this opportunity to say "thanks" to those people
) <who participated, albeit unknowingly, in an experiment.  ...

In article <757@actnyc.UUCP> jsb@actnyc.UUCP (The Invisible Man) writes:
) This is in the scientific tradition of pulling the wings off flies
) to see what happens.

It is a long-standing USENET tradition, more commonly seen in soc and
talk groups, for an irritating person who wants to back out and save
face to claim that his or her offensive messages were "just an
experiment".  Nobody ever believes the story.

			Matt Crawford