kwlalonde@watmath.UUCP (09/29/84)
Subject: Re on the direction of net.motss : net.motss
My problem with the Arndts, Brunsons, et.als is have this incredible
tendency to hit my "n" key if I see articles from them (not so bad) but
also on article who's title refers to one of their submissions.
I *suspect* that I miss valid information this way. Even though someone
puts a title in reference to the et.als they have buried in their article
some info/topic that can be quite new/different -- but I have used
the "n" key, *sigh*.
Example:
Subject: Re last article by favourite christian
Paragraph 1:
I think that christian is just actiing christian again and
maybe attacks on the points/person.
Next paragraph:
BY THE WAY.....
So I ask, if we keep this forum public (if no mailing lists -- although I
think I would personally prefer mail)
(is it possible to have a "supplement" mailing list as well as net.motss
or would that guarantee the death of net.motss????)
Could people make the following points of effort:
a) if article refers to arndt,brunson,dubois,et.al, please say so
in the subject line
b) if (a) type of article with said subject line, PLEASE DO NOT
include new topics or information but make a separate posting
- Ken Dykes
Software Development Group, University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. N2L 3G1
watmath!watrose!watbun!kgdykesjsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman) (10/08/84)
I fail to see how anyone can be fascinated with Brunson, any more
than Arndt. He's just another redneck. If Dyer, living in Boston,
hasn't run across any Brunsons, it's not regional difference, it's
just insularity or accident; I certainly ran across enough bigots,
thugs, and total flakes in that town to last forever, and I suspect
other places differ only in degree.
Ignore them.
They won't go away (really) but they might stop haunting this newsgroup.
Replying to them (in any fashion) only encourages them.
--
John Quarterman, CS Dept., University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712 USA
jsq@ut-sally.ARPA, jsq@ut-sally.UUCP, {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!jsqrap@oliven.UUCP (Robert A. Pease) (10/12/84)
. >Ignore them. > >They won't go away (really) but they might stop haunting this newsgroup. >Replying to them (in any fashion) only encourages them. >-- >John Quarterman, CS Dept., University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712 USA >jsq@ut-sally.ARPA, jsq@ut-sally.UUCP, {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!jsq I would be a little concerned about just ignoring them in the hopes that they would stop haunting a newsgroup or any other place/medium. They may just go and incite people elsewhere to persecute gays/non-christians/whatever. Keep your eyes on them. They can be dangerous if you don't. I would rather have a Brunson or an Arndt making noise in front of me where I can see what they are up to and respond to it, than to have them go away silently and be hit upside the head with something that some bigot cooked up. Remember, when the children are upstairs playing quietly they are usually getting into trouble. It can be the same with a bigot. DISCLAIMER: I have used the names Brunson and Arndt as examples to refer to the types of people with their kinds of behaviour and I mean absolutely no offense to anyone by the use of the word bigot. -- Robert A. Pease {hplabs|zehntel|fortune|ios|tolerant|allegra|tymix}!oliveb!oliven!rap