moriarty@uw-june.UUCP (05/12/84)
About three weeks ago, I looked unto net.flame, and my heart, it filleth
with dismay. Nothing but articles by theologians who thought their stuff
was spicy enough to warrant flaming (how egotistic), when they were soggy
enough to put out the San Francisco pier fire. Articles about right-of-way
of submarines and aircraft carriers. Not even a note from Rev. Earnest
Angry. In a word, net.flame had become really wimpy (e.g. (Hey, I did it
right!) "Olives, I doesn't wants ya ta go outs wit' Wimpy, he's got
herpes..."). And, blinking away tears, I pressed the `U' key; Lightning
Crashed, Thunder Rolled, and I saw net.flame not again...
...Until this week, when one of our connecting net nodes went on the blink,
leaving me without news. So I decided to see what has been going on here.
WOW!!! What a change! The net had returned to flames... hot, driving
flames, sharp as an unused Gillette Atra, and filthy as Phyllis Schafley's
plans for American Women! I mean, ANARCHY RULES here, again! Where else
would you find:
1) The delightfully ridiculing responses to the person suggesting
flames were "inappropriate" (sp?).
2) The brilliant proposal of net.politics.fascists {something that
should have been suggested months ago}.
3) The incredible biting, bitter comments surrounding the formation
of net.music.classical (rarely has this reporter seen such rabid
subjectivity, such unyielding value judgements... Ladies & gentlemen, Oh,
the humanity....).
4) That fantastic and truly nasty comments made about Dick Dunn and
that Rosen chap by the fellow (spelled like `angst', which seems
appropriate); not that I have any opinion, but like any Red-Blooded
American, I love a real spiteful, People Magazine type feud. Hot Damn!
5) The utterly ridiculous debate about Mr. Martillo's logic. And I
thought net.misc was getting silly (I'm working on it, anyway).
In short, folks, you've returned net.flame to the place where people can
make statements with no logic in 'em, whatsoever, the place where restrictions
are unknown and scorned, and where human (I think) opinions can battle one
another with anything short of nuclear warheads, and I, for one, am glad to
have been here to witness it. Oh, sure, net.misc comes close, but this is
Monty Python silliness, without that "savage snarl" (as Dr. Raoul Duke would
put it) that those participating in net.flame seem to embrace like Kim
Bassinger (or Richard Gere... no sexist blunders here, Pancho!). To all
those of you responsible, you have the grateful thanks (and thankful grates)
of an adoring public.
Go forth, young man, and flame. The entire world... is watching.
As am I, and I is....
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