richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) (01/23/89)
In article <2157@van-bc.UUCP> sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne) writes: >In article <829@afit-ab.arpa> wbralick@blackbird.afit.af.mil (William A. Bralick) writes: >>In article <40f75b60.7229@apollo.COM> smv@apollo.COM (Steve Valentine) writes: >>>In article <825@afit-ab.arpa> wbralick@blackbird.afit.af.mil (William A. Bralick) writes: > >.. A mild flame war deleted .. > >>>>Regards, >>>>Will Bralick : wbralick@afit-ab.arpa | I'm from the Government >>>>Air Force Institute of Technology, | and I'm here to help you. >> >>Now, this is interesting. You have purposely misquoted my .signature. >>Whereas the previous insult was merely childish, this is slanderous. >>You dishonor yourself with this sort of lie. >> >>>-- >>>Steve Valentine - smv@apollo.com >>>Apollo Computer, Inc. 330 Billerica Rd., Chelmsford, MA 01824 >>>Hermits have no peer pressure -Steven Wright >> > >Just what does net.etiquette say about this? It's a BAD THING alright. >I've always thought in poor taste to include the previous signature *at all* >in a followup news article. Yes, thats a VERY BAD THING indeed. >I would assume that modifying it is even more distasteful. Perhaps we should >get some direction from the net.deities on what the proper etiquette is or >should be. Proper nettiquette dictates that an F-14 Tomcat be flown into the offerders computer, for modifying somebodys signature file is an EXTREMELEY BAD THING. -- ``We're here from the government, and we're here to fuck you senseless'' richard@gryphon.COM {...}!gryphon!richard gryphon!richard@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov