meadley@cell.mot.COM (A. Meadley) (09/12/89)
In article <1989Sep5.025248.15909@twwells.com>, bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes: > In article <3141@draak.cs.vu.nl> ollie@gov.secret.usa (Col. Oliver North) writes: > > Actually, you are ollie@cs.vu.nl. That was a most clumsy forgery. > > Your postmaster will hear of this. Along with the postmasters of vu.nl > and nl. They will *not* be happy. Hey Bill, Tell you what. Why not take him out, hang, draw and quarter him and then perhaps you could even burn him at the stake. How does that sound to you? No? Too liberal? Oh, well - nevermind then. I would have used a smiley, but is this a joke? Ant in Chicago.
bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) (09/12/89)
In article <112@zircon.UUCP> meadley@cell.mot.COM (A. Meadley) writes: : In article <1989Sep5.025248.15909@twwells.com>, bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes: : > In article <3141@draak.cs.vu.nl> ollie@gov.secret.usa (Col. Oliver North) writes: : > Actually, you are ollie@cs.vu.nl. That was a most clumsy forgery. : > : > Your postmaster will hear of this. Along with the postmasters of vu.nl : : Tell you what. Why not take him out, hang, draw and quarter him and : then perhaps you could even burn him at the stake. : : How does that sound to you? No? Too liberal? : Oh, well - nevermind then. I would have used a smiley, but is this : a joke? There will always be the immature, of whatever age, that think that purposelessly violating law or custom is funny. Too bad, but it appears that you are one of them. Do yourself a favor and list three good reasons why such postings are harmful. There are actually more than that, but the mere effort on your part to find just three might do you some good. No, don't ask me to do it for you. If you can't figure the reasons, it will take much more than a few words on a screen to teach them to you. And I'm not in the business of teaching kindergarten ethics. Followups have been directed to alt.flame. --- Bill { uunet | novavax | ankh | sunvice } !twwells!bill bill@twwells.com
richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) (09/13/89)
In article <1989Sep12.031136.2207@twwells.com> bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes: >In article <112@zircon.UUCP> meadley@cell.mot.COM (A. Meadley) writes: >: In article <1989Sep5.025248.15909@twwells.com>, bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes: >: > In article <3141@draak.cs.vu.nl> ollie@gov.secret.usa (Col. Oliver North) writes: >: > Actually, you are ollie@cs.vu.nl. That was a most clumsy forgery. >: > >: > Your postmaster will hear of this. Along with the postmasters of vu.nl >: >: Tell you what. Why not take him out, hang, draw and quarter him and >: then perhaps you could even burn him at the stake. > >There will always be the immature, of whatever age, that think that >purposelessly violating law or custom is funny. Conversly, there will always be pompous windbags, of whatever age, that cannot recogninize humor even if it bit them where they sit down. >Too bad, but it appears that you are one of them. Too bad, but it appears that you are one of them. But *do* pontificate about the customs and *laws* that were being broken, since you were going to anyway. >Do yourself a favor and list three good reasons why such postings are >harmful. There are actually more than that, but the mere effort on >your part to find just three might do you some good. > >No, don't ask me to do it for you. Ok, I'm asking. I just cant figure out why this is so evil and naaasty. Now I can accept the notion that I am morally bankrupt, but perhaps I'm not the only one that can't quite figure this out. I mean, you don't reallt think that people believed Ollie North started posting to the net from Holland do you ? Or could it be that you got all torqued because somebody defecated in your splendid new newsfroup, and you took it all personal like ? >Followups have been directed to alt.flame. Splendid idea. I did it too. -- ``Perpetual Savings and Loan is closed'' -- L.A. Times richard@gryphon.COM decwrl!gryphon!richard gryphon!richard@elroy.jpl.NASA.GOV
meadley@cell.mot.COM (A. Meadley) (09/15/89)
In article <1989Sep12.031136.2207@twwells.com>, bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes: > In article <112@zircon.UUCP> meadley@cell.mot.COM (A. Meadley) writes: > : In article <1989Sep5.025248.15909@twwells.com>, bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes: > : > In article <3141@draak.cs.vu.nl> ollie@gov.secret.usa (Col. Oliver North) writes: > : > Actually, you are ollie@cs.vu.nl. That was a most clumsy forgery. > : > > : > Your postmaster will hear of this. Along with the postmasters of vu.nl > : > : Tell you what. Why not take him out, hang, draw and quarter him and > : then perhaps you could even burn him at the stake. > : > : How does that sound to you? No? Too liberal? > : Oh, well - nevermind then. I would have used a smiley, but is this > : a joke? > > There will always be the immature, of whatever age, that think that > purposelessly violating law or custom is funny. It may have not occurred to you, but what I found funny was not the article "purposelessly violating law or custom", but rather your response to it. I would have thought that even a cursory reading of my article would have made that eminently clear. Apparently I am incorrect in that assumption. > And I'm not in the business of teaching kindergarten ethics. Judging from your mailing, it is good that you are not in the business of teaching ethics. Period. Followups to alt.flame or e-mail? Ant in Chicago.