Xref: utzoo news.admin:8233 news.groups:17367 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!kaukau.comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato!virtue!ccc_simon From: ccc_simon@waikato.ac.nz (Simon Travaglia) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups Subject: Re: Flames and why not Message-ID: <66.25cd4ad7@waikato.ac.nz> Date: 6 Feb 90 02:48:26 GMT References: <1990Jan25.210831.24209@everexn.uucp> <534.25c3ff62@devsim.mdcbbs.com> Organization: University of Waikato Computer Centre Lines: 40 In article , jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) writes: > ..on flames. But I would like to point out some legitimate reasons for > flaming: > > (1) To point out that a bad idea is bad. Sometimes, one has to repudiate > a bad idea with emphatic language to get the point across. Like going loony so that people will look at you, then saying what you mean Worked well for the guy who killed Lennon > (2) To alert those who might be unfamiliar with the flamee as to the > flamee's unsavory motives, Lacking ESP, I can only a person what I THINK anothers motives are.. > ...a knowledge of the individual might well make look less savory, it > would be perfectly legitimate to post a flame as that that individual's > character and motives. In other words, give the person no chance to change, persecute them on what you know of their past? > Since it is > unrealistic to expect them to show restraint (it's been tried!), a I don't know, I'm giving it a go now. What purpose has flaming anyway? It gives people a chance to get on a high horse and (often) use language that they haven't had an excuse for previously. So you can expect it from people whose arguements are so patchy they need a bit of verbal violence to take the audience's minds away from their imcomplete propositions -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Simon P Travaglia, || Kia Kaha E Hoa! University of Waikato|| PSI: 064 71000004::, Intr: spt@grace.waikato.ac.nz Private Bag, Hamilton|| Disclaimer: No-one here but me can read and write, New Zealand || and I can only write. What did I say? -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The distance you have to park from your apartment increases in proportion to the weight of the packages you are carrying.