jere (07/28/82)
I recently sent this letter to another user as a result of some
comments I've recieved for a news item (What's all the BULL-dated
July 14, 1982) I submitted.
Rich,
My original intention was to let this whole mess just die
but because there seems to be a lot of flack caused by my news
item (Jul 21 1982-TITLE "What's all the BULL") I feel I should
make some clarification at this time.
Firstly, I never said that I thought that there was a lot
of "B.S." going on as far as management was concerned. As I stated
in a previous posting to the net (Jul 14 1982 -can't recall the title)
I was in agreement with management's request to limit the news groups
to which we can access. What I objected to were the respones from many
who were glad that this censorship came about because "netnews should
only be used for an exchange of ideas related only to work" (this is
not verbatim). From their point of view, all non-work related newsgroups
were a waste of time and merely provided a forum of meaningless "bull"
sessions to those interested in things such as movies, theater, music
travel etc. I felt that there is nothing wrong with the so-called
"chew-the-fat" newsgroups as long as those who want to "B.S." do so
on their own time (ie. during lunch, after work). So in taking this
position, I saw those persons who are only intersted in the work
related newsgroups as also "chewing-the-fat" or to use a more common
colloquialism "BULL****ING". I did not intend to be neither profane
nor offensive by using this word in my observation.
In conclusion I apologize to all who misinterpreted what I was
trying to say. My mistake was in making a statement where I
was the only one who knew what I meant and not expressing
my ideas clearly enough for all to understand. I now realize
that mine is not the only opinion and I should use better
judgement before expressing my opions to all.
A. M DeSimone