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From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,news.admin
Subject: Re: USSR International Computer Club (was: Information on the ICC)
Message-ID: <2157@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jan 89 22:14:45 GMT
References: <10127@well.UUCP> <1315@orion.cf.uci.edu> <810@afit-ab.arpa> <10870@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> <824@afit-ab.arpa> <1560@cps3xx.UUCP> <825@afit-ab.arpa> <40f75b60.7229@apollo.COM> <829@afit-ab.arpa>
Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne)
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In article <829@afit-ab.arpa> wbralick@blackbird.afit.af.mil (William A. Bralick) writes:
>In article <40f75b60.7229@apollo.COM> smv@apollo.COM (Steve Valentine) writes:
>>In article <825@afit-ab.arpa> wbralick@blackbird.afit.af.mil (William A. Bralick) writes:

.. A mild flame war deleted ..

>>>Regards,
>>>Will Bralick : wbralick@afit-ab.arpa  |  I'm from the Government
>>>Air Force Institute of Technology,    |  and I'm here to help you.  
>
>Now, this is interesting.  You have purposely misquoted my .signature.
>Whereas the previous insult was merely childish, this is slanderous.
>You dishonor yourself with this sort of lie.
>
>>-- 
>>Steve Valentine - smv@apollo.com
>>Apollo Computer, Inc.  330 Billerica Rd., Chelmsford, MA 01824
>>Hermits have no peer pressure -Steven Wright
>

Just what does net.etiquette say about this?

I've always thought in poor taste to include the previous signature *at all*
in a followup news article.

I would assume that modifying it is even more distasteful. Perhaps we should
get some direction from the net.deities on what the proper etiquette is or
should be.


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Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca {ubc-cs,uunet}!van-bc!sl     Vancouver,BC,604-937-7532