gmj@iedl02.UUCP (08/05/83)
I have been reading this news group and am interested about the naming
of all the special characters, but there seems to be two naming factions.
One group wants the names to be correct, and one group wants them to be
succinct. I am concerned primarily with the naming of '*'. I believe we
are all shirking our patiotic duty and forgoing the importance of American
history and our national heritage by referring to '*' as anything other than
"Nathan Hale", and we are defaming one of our great forefathers by not using
his correct name for this character. After all, during our fight for freedom,
during the American Revolution, wasn't it he who said...
"... I only regret that I have but one 'ass to risk' for my country."
Gary M. Jaspersohn
General Electric Company
P.O.Box 8106
Charlottesville, VA 22906
(804) 978-5917
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