Xref: utzoo news.groups:15708 soc.motss:23269 Path: utzoo!censor!geac!lethe!telly!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!ddern From: ddern@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Daniel Dern) Newsgroups: news.groups,soc.motss Subject: Re: keep this OUT of soc.motss (was: Re: Uh...) Summary: And while we're on the metatopic, here's some more issue's to please avoid...(set to half-smiley, please) Message-ID: <44615@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: 14 Dec 89 04:41:44 GMT References: <8912130736.AA21140@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <18041@netnews.upenn.edu> <1004@male.EBay.Sun.COM> Distribution: pubnet Organization: Boston U. Comp. Sci. Lines: 33 Is comic book reading a natural tendency or acquired? Is reading Marvel Comics unnatural, while DC is OK? is it possible for people to enjoy reading both Marvel and DC comics? Is it wrong to try to talk somebody out of enjoying Concrete? Didn't reading Zot used to be really weird? Aren't you tired of people flaunting their Marvel Comics reading in public? Do we assume that in rec.arts.comics-space we need not defend the basic act of reading (and enjoying) comics? Do you hold your comics in your left hand or right? WHich of the Fantastic Four's powers do you feel have the greatest potential for a) erotic stimulation b) birth control c) safe *** d) embarrassing moments in high school e) arguing with the phone company Who would you rather go to the movies with: a) Lex Luthor b) Bizarro c) John Byrne d) Jim Shooter Which of these arguments might we apply to a) eating dim sum b) sf lovers c) computer programming d) ah-ha! "Didn't used to be." Seasons greetings to all, and get those reindoor off my gutters before they break a hoof -- I _don't_ have zero-deductible in my renter's santa claus. daniel dern, wondering if r/a/c/ is being read by Buddy the Animal Man, and thinking about new wallpaper on that there fourth wall... -- Daniel Dern / PO Box 114 Belmont MA 02178 / (617) 926-8743 Internet: ddern@cs.bu.edu MCImail: dandern (@mcimail.com from arpa) "But FIRST they had milk an' cookies--right, Uncle Albert?" "Absobalootly! They don't call you wise men for nothin'!"