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- From: hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU (William R. Ward)
- Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
- Subject: Re: Update: Shenanigans on alt.shenanigan
- Message-ID: <HERMIT.92Nov20021827@am.ucsc.edu>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 10:18:27 GMT
- References: <1992Nov18.053736.8016@cheshire.oxy.edu> <1992Nov18.232753.10368@reed.edu>
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- In-reply-to: paulus@owlnet.rice.edu's message of 19 Nov 92 00:25:57 GMT
-
- In article <Bxxt79.6DL@rice.edu>, paulus@owlnet.rice.edu (Paul Nathan Crocker) writes:
- ) In article <1992Nov18.232753.10368@reed.edu> kanderso@reed.edu (Karl Anderson) writes:
- )>Now, these fine shenaniganers deserve recognition, but I do believe
- )>that ANDY, CORNFIELD COWBOY should be listed as a member of thier
- )>ranks.
- )>
- )>Why, by pressing a single key on his keyboard, he has touched off a
- )>veritable tsunami of opprobrium!
- )
- ) I would tend to disagree. There is a difference between playing
- ) annoying someone and leaving them asking "why would anyone do that"
- ) that I think eveyone here is well aware of.
-
- WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT? THERE IS NO HARM IN USING ALL-CAPS FOR
- POSTING. IT IS A SHENANIGAN, IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD. THERE'S NO
- HARM DONE, AND IT IS DONE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING PEOPLE WONDER "WHY
- WOULD ANYONE DO THAT?"
-
- ANDY WAS RIGHT--THE PEOPLE ON THIS GROUP *ARE* TOO CLOSED-MINDED. IT
- IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT TO READ AN ALL-CAPS MESSAGE. OF COURSE IT DOES
- DEPEND ON YOUR TERMINAL OR COMPUTER, BUT WHILE I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO
- IT ALL THE TIME IT IS CERTAINLY NO BIG DEAL TO READ AN ALL-CAPS
- MESSAGE.
-
- I THINK IT'S PRETTY SAD THAT PEOPLE HERE ARE MAKING SUCH A FUSS OVER
- ANDY'S EXPERIMENT/STATEMENT.
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