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- From: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Andreas Tovornik)
- Subject: Re: What Fits Heree
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.032611.27693@sol.UVic.CA>
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- Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
- References: <1992Nov14.002801.14652@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 03:26:11 GMT
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- >I admit to there being tacit rules:
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- Not always tacit in my humble experience, especially when I broke them.
- I appreciated the comments and criticism.
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- >1) we don't need no steenkin' moderator - we can moderate
- > ourselves, thank you [besides, who'd want to read all those
- > posts for "appropriateness" to the group - Bleech!!! I'll
- > leave censorship of thought to soc.religion christianity
- > {see, I can say that here - I may get flamed but I can
- > say it}];
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- Sure you can say it. I even agree with what you say.
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- >2) personal adds do not belong here - except as amusement
- > for some of the more acerbic posters;
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- That's-a-right.
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- >3) Ad-hominem(sic) attacks - those against a person rather
- > than their words or arguments are generally discouraged
- > unless, of course, the topic of discussion is the person
- > (ala, Ed Wright);
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- As I learned the hard way.
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- >4) James gets all the seesters - unless someone has 4 Aces
- > and a wild card;
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- What if I have four aces in my hand, a wild card and
- five more aces up my sleeve? Do I get to keep me seester?
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- He may have her anyway, the slut! :+)
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- >5) Puns and wordplay are good things - warning, spell check
- > for typos etc... they're fair game ...;
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- Dats why I write t'ings lyke [koowell(sic. on porpoise of curse)]
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- >6) The use of a reasonable editor is suggested (I'm not
- > about to suggest either emacs or vi - I try to stay out
- > of religious wars) so that articles and e-mail fits on the
- > reader(s) screens;
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- Oh pooh, I was about to launch a crusade for Wicca rituals!
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- >7) Check your facts - if not, there are thousands of others
- > that will do it for you - and attribute them when possible,
- > that way if your facts are bad we can flame your source
- > not you;
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- Git out yer acetylene torch and light my lucky! :+Q
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- >8) <fill in for yourself ... they get made up as we go>;
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- Can I write my own rules? [MWOOAAAAA-HAAAA-HAAA! (craftily rubbing hands together)]
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- >9) Most importantly, THINK. Use your mind when you write
- > or read for that matter. Engage brain before engaging
- > fingers.
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- What dat? Shift mind to NEUTRAL instead so's we can flame you!
- *CLICK!*...*WHOOSH!!* (sound of Zippo lighter applied to MOLOTOV cocktail.)
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- >Back to what is apropriate, I know I had some doubt with
- >regard to that article I posted about the situation in Canada
- >a week or so ago but, s.s is one of my forums of discourse -
- >so why not? After all, this is similar to a cocktail party, you
- >discuss politics at parties ...
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- HEH, Don't you know it's cold up here? We needed more flames from the
- likes of EDDIE WRT our politics. The heat generated in my mind was enough
- to 'eat de 'ouse for a fortnight.
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- >Enough of my being Emily Post ....
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- Thought you were Allisson, the POSTER GIRL! :+Q
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- dreas
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