mem@sii.UUCP (Mark Mallett) (09/05/85)
Dear "people": I've been reading this area for many years now. I don't think I've ever seen such tantrums thrown over somebody not wanting to read articles on a particular subject. What the heck is going on? I realize that every September the quality of articles deteriorates with the filling of the university accounts, but I don't think that applies this time. As for the issue: I, for one, enjoy reading Doug Alan's articles. He has a lot to say, and I never have to wonder about what he *really* means when he says it. And no amount of raving against his opinions is going to make me decide that I don't want to hear him, after all. But that doesn't have anything to do with it. There have been lots of topics that I have had no interest in which have lasted for long periods, and I've managed to deal with them by Not Reading Them. My personal wish is that you all stop gleefully discussing how you would like to censor this person's articles and use the system provide for you: if you don't want to read something, DON'T!! I'm much more enraged by articles suggesting ways to suppress the flow of articles than by those that I don't want to read. Nor do I buy the philosophy that discussions of particular artists should be shunted off to their own groups-- how the heck would I ever learn anything new that way? I really don't want all this viciousness to take away my options, whether it be to read Doug Alan's postings, or Grateful Dead stuff, or something from somebody who may now be intimidated. Maybe it is a joke? Say nasty things about Doug because he is so funny when he gets provoked? I doubt it. I don't know what the motivation is, but then again I don't really understand bookburnings either. I suppose you feel that since you don't like reading these articles, then no one else can either? It isn't really surprising that there are people who don't want to read them, it is a large user base. But it also should not be surprising that there are people who will want to read them- and furthermore it stands to reason that for most anything that someone posts with true intention of imparting information, there will be someone who will be interested in it. That's the whole point of the general distribution nature of this group and that's why you have the option of Not Reading the things you don't care about! I suppose I should mention that I don't know nor have never met any of these people personally, and that I have been listening to Kate Bush long before I ever heard of Doug Alan. The attempts to stifle something that I enjoy annoy me, so I felt obliged to comment. for the clever closing quote: "But now the flames are rising higher, I guess I haven't seen anything yet" -Julie Snow, "Baptism of Fire" Mark Mallett decvax!sii!mem or ittatc!sii!mem
speaker@gymble.UUCP (Speaker to Animals) (09/12/85)
In article <426@sii.UUCP> mem@sii.UUCP (Mark Mallett) writes: > > I've been reading this area for many years now. I don't think I've ever > seen such tantrums thrown over somebody not wanting to read articles on > a particular subject. What the heck is going on? I realize that every > September the quality of articles deteriorates with the filling of the > university accounts, but I don't think that applies this time. UUuurrrrrrr... the Pupeteer deserves it! Look at what he and his kind have been doing to MY race all these centuries! Maybe this experience will bring him down a notch or two. Passive Kzinti INDEED!
sam@bu-cs.UUCP (Shelli Meyers) (09/13/85)
[Mark Mallett:] >I suppose I should mention that I don't know nor have never met any >of these people personally, and that I have been listening to Kate >Bush long before I ever heard of Doug Alan. The attempts to stifle >something that I enjoy annoy me, so I felt obliged to comment. I have also been listening to Kate Bush long before I ever heard of Doug Alan, too. I also have met Doug Alan, and he's not nearly as harsh as he seems on the net. If you treat his opinions with respect, he will treat yours as such, too. He *does* have some good things to say... -- "Ya know, I really *love* a phone tent." ******************************************* Shelli Meyers UUCP: ...!harvard!bu-cs!sam ARPA: sam%bu-cs.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa *******************************************