[misc.legal] Whither Spamheadery?

gsmith@BOSCO.BERKELEY.EDU (01/26/88)

In article <11461@brl-adm.ARPA> graham@drcvax.arpa writes:
>
>>  Can someone explain to me why so many of the hate-Willson
>>postings reek of this kind of profound ignorance and stupidity?

>"Spamhead."  Hmmm, is that a technical term or just a neat word out of the
>OED?

  It is an important technical concept for anyone hoping to
discern the underlying natural order of USENET postings. The
Spamhead Hypothesis explains a great deal by the simple and
compelling thesis that the reason so many postings sound like
moronic gibber is because that is what they are. You state you
are a new net.person, perhaps this insight will come to you in
time.

>While I agree with neither one of you, I do not find it necessary to call
>people names and insult their intelligence.

  Well, I must be different from you, then.  Possibly you can
learn to live with it. But this misses the point that I was
really interested in *why* so many spamheads were posting on this
topic. Since it is difficult to find euphemisms for "spamhead", I
didn't try. BTW, can you answer the question, and are you aware
it is a real one based on what I perceive to be actually the
case?

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