oleg@gryphon.CTS.COM (Oleg Kiselev) (09/10/88)
In article <8858@cup.portal.com> Wasser@cup.portal.com writes: >>we have a problem of the formerly >>adult professional and academia forum turning into a giant "neighbourhood BBS > ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ >The two main groups >where Portal is being maligned are talk.bizarre and alt.flame. If you >consider those as your professional and academic forums, God help us all. You are mistaken, Wasser. I was referring to the whole NET, not a single news group. The parsing may be easier if I do this: (formerly (adult (and (professional) (academia)))). The groups may be frivolous and "unprofessional", but the people who formed and "inhabited" them were professionals and students/staff/faculty at educational institutions. >Could the administrators of some of the commercial >and educational sites restrict access, allowing only users who can post >two words in a row without using various forms of the verb meaning >"to copulate with"? Yes, and some of them do. Not a policy I condone, but not a new or unusual thing on the NET. People have lost their NET access for "lesser" offences. You need examples? >You know, there is something about all this that really has me puzzled. >It appears that you have a fear of articles coming from Portal and other >PA sites. You act as if reading those articles could possibly disturb >you, and yet you continue to read them, day after day, complaining loudly >on the net about it. What is wrong with this picture? Your picture is wrong, Wasser. I have started, with a great reluctance, using KILL files to filter out articles coming from certain users. Right now, only ONE name in my KILL files is not from PORTAL. I have nothing against PA sites, Wasser. I post from one. And I intend to set one up myself, as soon as I can afford the investment. And not all articles from PORTAL bother me. Your articles, in particular, while offensive and often very shallow, were never a problem. A number of other PORTAL users are at least adults. NET is not a baby-sitting service for horny zit-faced drooling teenagers who can't buy _Penthouse Letters_ and get their masturbation fantasies for alt.sex and soc.singles. >You on the other hand, are just trying to >be cool and impress your net.buddies. Yeah, it's impressive. <snicker> I am trying to be civil, because this article is being posted to news.group. It takes a great deal of effort, too. -- "No regrets, no apologies" -- Ronald Reagan Oleg Kiselev ARPA: lcc.oleg@seas.ucla.edu, oleg@gryphon.cts.com (213)337-5230 UUCP:...!{trwrb|ucla-cs}!lcc!oleg DISCLAIMER: I speak for myself only.