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From: dave@jplopto.uucp (Dave Hayes)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: New compromise position on rec.humor.funny
Summary: You shouldn't give in so totally, Brad!
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Date: 8 Feb 89 05:31:38 GMT
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>Now, the other thing I said in my previous posting was that If somebody
>engaged in an all-out war against me the way Richmond and Stanford have,
>including libel in the press and the works, I wanted whatever weapons
>could be at my disposal.  In particular, the right to say, "if you're going
>to do nothing but complain about it, don't read it" and MEAN it.
>But I have gotten a lot of flack about that one.  So with regret, I will
>let it slip.  

NO!! Brad, please! You DO have that right, dammit! This may not be a legal 
right, but it's a PERSONAL right. I know that you are trying to do the 
best thing, and back down (like the kind and stable person you are), but it
depresses me to see you backing down on that issue. To me, that was the most 
important point about the whole thing. In fact, I would go so far as to say:
"If you decide to read it, don't complain about it."

>        c) I'm giving up my quest for rights I can use in fights against
>          those who wish to destroy this newsgroup.

Not this too? You really need some effective weapons against the more constipated 
netters out there. (Not that an AK-47 wouldn't do just fine, but I sense that
a more subtle methodology is really out there for you to use! Like, maybe EX-LAX?)
In point of opinion (And as another net.voice) I fully support whatever you have
to do to keep JEDRs from ruining a fine information flow. 

What you provide is a free service to all of us, and I hope you 
realize that there are a FEW of us out here who really do appreciate that 
service. I think it would be a near fatal loss to the net if you were to  
stop doing r.h.f. I also think that other netters might appreciate what you  
do MUCH more if you were to stop doing it. If anything else, if someone attacks  
you again like the net.pinheads just did, IMO you should DROP r.h.f like a 
hot potato. 

>I hope that in such attacks, net people will help me voluntarily.   

Well, for what it's worth, you can count on me. I know it's not much, but
it's all I've got. 

>That's probably best, because most of you are good folks, I think.  

With the obvious exception of Karl Denninger! :)  (Sorry folks, but I'm
STILL really pissed off at him. Maybe a good workout will calm me down...)

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