ap1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andrew C. Plotkin) (01/17/90)
[this is going both as personal mail and to alt.callahans -- replies by callahanians should be sure they're to appropriate places...] I have a feeling Austin is going to be flooded with replies to his Farewell, but nonetheless.... > Excerpts from netnews.alt.callahans: 15-Jan-90 Farewell Austin H. > Ziegler@bucsf. (1932) > "Since I cannot deal with many ideas presented here in Callahan's > (someone said that suicide *is* an option--this was said just before > Christmas) I do not think that it is valid for me to remain here longer. > I > cannot pay attention with the high volume, and Callahan's has changed > from > its original intent, I believe. It may not be valid to reply in certain ways, but it is *never* invalid to stay at Callahan's. (High traffic, now, I can understand... :-) As to original intent, I don't see that it's changed -- to what are you referring? (Note that the Callahan's *do* describe suicide as an option in some situations.) At any rate, I don't mean to drag you (kicking and screaming) back into the bar. Farewell. --Z