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- From: macewenk@qucis.queensu.ca (Kevin MacEwen)
- Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Splotch, a Racter/Eliza type routine
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.203917.6726@qucis.queensu.ca>
- Organization: Computing & Information Science, Queen's University at Kingston
- References: <m!dmv1n.rdc@netcom.com> <TEPIN.92Jul20575156@limon.iksnet.edu> <6zdmlbh.tomk@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 20:39:17 GMT
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- In article <6zdmlbh.tomk@netcom.com> tomk@netcom.com (Thomas H. Kunich) writes:
- >In article <TEPIN.92Jul20575156@limon.iksnet.edu> Terelelli Pictures (tep%limon.iksnet@princeton.edu) writes:
- >>
- >>LOOK HERE, YOU MORON, HOW COME YOU DON"T POST THIS TO COMP.AI,
- >>COMP.AI.EDU, ETC, ETC? BECAUSE YOU FEAR HE'LL SEE IT AND SAY WHO THE
- >>REAL LOSER IS? NAMELY YOU? I'AM DISGUISTED BY THE TYPES OF YOU!!!
- >>YOU THINK THAT'S FUNNY? TRY LOOKING IN A MIRROR, THAT'S MORE FUNNY,
- >>YOU IDIOT! THAT'S NOT BIZARRE, THAT'S NOT FUNNY. YOU WILL FLAME FOR
- >>BEING A NEWBI? GO AHEAD,MAKE MY DAY!! BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO IS WHO,
- >>YOU SMEGMA RICH GUY!!!! MORON!!!!
- >
- >Uh, maybe the message was rather tasteless, but it looked to me like
- >it was meant to be humorous. Don't you think that this is a bit over-
- >reactive?
- >
- >Look, there are no body language clues, nor facial expressions, nor
- >vocal tones to lead you to understand what the writer meant. Since
- >that is the case it should be a given that you read messages with
- >a tilt that suggests that the writer means well whether the wording or
- >timing seems inappropriate.>
-
-
- For the same reason, one should be careful to write messages in a way
- which is clear. The "LOSER" message seemed pretty clear to me. It
- was clearly disgusting.
-
- KM
-