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Subject: Re: Spencer's signature
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Date: 1 Nov 88 21:17:15 GMT
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In article <2074@kalliope.rice.edu> phil@Rice.edu (William LeFebvre) writes:
^In article <1988Oct28.180827.25578@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
^>The dream *IS* alive...    |    Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
^>but not at NASA.           |uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu
^
^I know this group has been through this before...

Yes, it has been through this before, and that was one time too many.

^....but I just wanted to
^say, for the record, that I still take offense at Henry's signature.

Wow, now it's on the record.  We're all thrilled.

^Perhaps he thinks it's funny or perhaps he thinks it's true.

So what if he does?  It's his .sig.

^To me it is neither.

That's why it's not your .sig.

^Not wanting to start an argument.....just had to get it off my chest.

It seems to me that you ARE trying to start an argument.  It seems like
you want to publicly put your opinion all over the world by posting such
a message.  Why?  It isn't because any of us really care about your
opinion or need to know.  Rather, it seems like you are trying to get
people on "your side" and "against" Mr. Spencer.  To me, this seems like
a personal attack in disguise, and personal attacks are NOT tolerated
on the USENET.

Why does Henry's .sig bother you that much?  Why don't you just consider
it to be an incorrect opinion, based on ignorance on Henry's part?  (*)
Why do you have to try to get this off your chest?

(* note: this would be from the point of view of someone with Mr. LeFebvre's
 opinions, not necessarily mine)

Are we now censoring all .sig quotes, to make sure that they contain
policially correct statements?  I don't see any quotes in your .sig,
William.  Should we be requiring everyone to have positive quotes about
NASA in their .sig?  Or are we just not allowing anyone to say bad
things about them?  What's wrong with Henry having and stating his
opinion, no mattter if it is correct or incorrect?

^			William LeFebvre

I welcome any comments on this, but they probably should be moved to
alt.flame, unless they are discussing the actual status of NASA's
"dream", which is appropriate for this newsgroup.  A personal attack
on Mr. Spencer is NOT appropriate.


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