tsarna@polar.bowdoin.edu (Tyler Sarna) (05/03/91)
Please STOP posting for sale messages in c.s.a.misc,
c.s.a.hardware, and other non-appropriate newsgroups. We have a
group for these postings. USE IT! When/if I want to look at for
sale postings, I look in c.s.a.marketplace.I for one am *FAR*
less likely to pay attention to what you're selling if I'm
annoyed with you.
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Tyler "Ty" Sarna tsarna@polar.bowdoin.edu
"I protest Captain! I am NOT a merry man!" -- Lt. Worflou@vaxsc (05/04/91)
You know, I got involved in this thread a while back, and a few people managed to put me in my place, most less tactful than others. After that, I vowed I wasn't gonna get involved in it again. So I lied. Hopefully, this will put a quick end to it. in article <52559@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, Tyler Sarna <tsarna@polar.bowdoin.edu> writes: >Please STOP posting for sale messages in c.s.a.misc, >c.s.a.hardware, and other non-appropriate newsgroups. We have a Perhaps my reply should be in .advocacy. As in alt.humane.advocacy. In other words, can we please stop ranting and raving about these things, like a pup in heat? These people are human, they need to learn, not be punished! I believe the latest post certainly didn't deserve this! (from article <1007@celia.UUCP>) >I have noticed from time to time that people advertise Amiga items here. Is >it proper to do this here? Do you guys mind when people advertise here? Do >you always look in misc.forsale.computers? What about in comp.sys.amiga.misc? > >neil And (see your response above) that's the best you can do to respond to a very nicely asked question? Do you have many close friends? In sum, Please try to educate instead of flame! Flame wars simply make people mad, and then they'll do things just to spite you. By the way, Neil, as you can see, I wouldn't post it here. Not unless you like hate mail. There's bound to be somebody who will flood you with it. ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Lou Williams lou@vaxsc.niehs.nih.gov Computer Sciences Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Sometimes in order to feel better about yourself, you have to make others feel bad, and I'm tired of making others feel good about themselves. -Homer Simpson. ----------------------------------------------------------------
tsarna@polar.bowdoin.edu (Tyler Sarna) (05/04/91)
lou@vaxsc writes: > I believe the latest post certainly didn't deserve this! No, it didn't. My post wasn't directed against any particular poster, rather to prevent people from thinking that this sort of thing is ok. When I make individual replies to this kind of post, I am careful to be very polite. However, this latest rash of mal-postings in such a short time period leads me to beleive that people are seeing other postings and thinking that it's ok, since everyone else does it. > >I have noticed from time to time that people advertise Amiga items here. Is > >it proper to do this here? Do you guys mind when people advertise here? Do > >you always look in misc.forsale.computers? What about in comp.sys.amiga.misc? > > And (see your response above) that's the best you can do to respond to a very > nicely asked question? Do you have many close friends? I did not reply to this post. I made no attributions, and had an entirely different subject line. The timing was merely co-incidental. I do have close friends :-) > In sum, Please try to educate instead of flame! Flame wars simply make people > mad, and then they'll do things just to spite you. They can go aheead if they want. You don't sell things by spiting potential customers. The only harm done is to themselves. My post wasn't intended as a flame against anyone, as everyone makes mistakes (and one person, for example, just returned to the newsgroup and wasn't aware of the re-orginization). Rather, my purpose was to give a firm warning on the subject, and to try to prevent further trouble. I'm not trying to be the net.police, I'm just trying to give a firm statement of my opinion. People most often do what's right, they just don't always know what that is. No offence intended, sorry if it appeared that way. -- Tyler "Ty" Sarna tsarna@polar.bowdoin.edu "I protest Captain! I am NOT a merry man!" -- Lt. Worf