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From: jim@bilpin.UUCP (JimG)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Strong Language
Message-ID: <2529@bilpin.UUCP>
Date: 27 Feb 90 13:26:09 GMT
References: <703@runxtsa.runx.oz.au>
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    #{v_mac.10}

    IN ARTICLE: <703@runxtsa.runx.oz.au>,
		clubmac@runxtsa.runx.oz.au (Jason Haines) WRITES:

>   Some people were offended by my use of ONE four-letter word in the
>   Subject line of a posting to comp.sys.mac.
 
    I think it was rather more the, er, 'content' (using the term
    generously).

>   [...] 				CrippleWare is a DISEASE that must
>   NOT be encouraged! Every man and his dog will soon be thinking that it
>   is better to release a crippled version of their 'ShareWare' (which it
>   no longer is, since it is CrippleWare) and try to extort money from
>   people, rather than relying on ShareWare fees.

    Let's see - who suffers? Not the people who would have paid their
    ShareWare fee anyway, as they will get a full-function version. So, if
    anyone gets a bum deal from this form of distribution, it can only
    be those who would *not* have paid their ShareWare fee anyway. Hmm?

    [...]

>   Finally, as a tally of responses to my offensive message, there were a
>   total of 15 (just 15!), of which 9 where in favour of my attack upon
>   CrippleWare postings, although they didn't approve of my language,

    Some were missed - I read 24 (11 against, 9(7) for, 4 non-committal);
    but one guy posted three times. Perhaps a cousin in Toronto?

>   The truth is that I had to swear to get my voice 'heard'.

    ... but his credibility's gone down the pan. ( Bye bye ... )

>   This time, actually give thought to my objections to CrippleWare and the
>   posting of it to comp.binaries.mac. Don't get your mind entangled in the
>   trivial world of language.

    ... but there were no rational objections, only hysterical ranting. Even
    so, it got rather more consideration than the conniption deserved.
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