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- From: cebarton@napier.waterloo.edu (Casey Barton)
- Subject: Re: Why we shouldn't attack MS Employees (and other thoughts)
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
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- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 03:50:34 GMT
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- Dustin R. Christmann writes:
- >I'll be the first to admit that I've "pushed the button" with the aforemen-
- >tioned Mr. Letwin, especially after I lost patience with his seemingly endless
- >stream of FUD. Folks, if you feel the urge to personally attack someone, call
- >him names, and theorize about his national heritage and what his mother does
- >for a living, step back, go get a coffee, take a deep breath, and cool off.
-
- ...and if you _still_ have to do it - for heaven's sake *EMail* the guy.
- Don't bother posting flames. You'll end up pissing off as many friends as
- enemies. (Well, me, anyway...)
-
- >I'm also making a personal commitment to "behave myself." That means I'll do
- >my best to avoid firing off flammable posts.
-
- When responding to a post - your first reflex should be to email. If,
- after considering that, you feel that the post will be of interest to more
- than one person, *then* post it instead.
- --
- Casey Barton (Mr.) cebarton@descartes.waterloo.edu (519)725-6861
-