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- From: leichter@lrw.com (Jerry Leichter)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: RE: Sabry's back. Where's Ehud ?
- Message-ID: <9301221519.AA18094@uu3.psi.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 12:56:33 GMT
- Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
- Organization: The Internet
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- I've just received a response to a test message sent to Sabry last
- week. I intend to put him on hold, until I get responses (or lack
- thereof) to the followinq requests:
-
- If you are now assisting SABRY@SHEBIN.EG, please let me know.
- ^^^ ^^
- If you would assist SABRY@SHEBIN.EG, please let me know.
- ^^^^^ ^^
-
- And just who the hell are you, Mr. Tarka? What business is it of yours who
- might be corresponding with SABRY@SHEBIN.EG? Who are you to "put him on
- hold"?
-
- Look, it may be that your motivations are proper and you are really trying
- to help the guy. It's tough to tell from your message. But the level of
- rudeness and personal attacks against SABRY@SHEBIN.EG (whose net address I'm
- using because I have no idea what his full name is and what would be a
- polite form of address - and he deserves that) in this group is disgusting.
- >From some of the less tolerant wizards, all the way down to the snivlers who
- never have anything useful to say, "SABRY@SHEBIN.EG" has become a joke.
- That's UNACCEPTABLE! He's a fellow human being, deserving of basic respect
- and consideration.
-
- Grow up, all of you. This isn't 3rd grade. Your "nya, nya, you talk funny,
- you're a dumbell" jokes don't belong here.
-
- If you don't want to respond to "SABRY@SHEBIN.EG", don't. If you find his
- posts too annoying to ignore, send him private Email. If that doesn't get
- through to him - what makes you think messages to INFO-VAX will?
-
- Flames are one thing. Personal attacks against someone who, because of his
- poor command of English, is unable to defend himself, are quite another. They
- are intolerant, stupid, and just plain WRONG. You want to make jokes at
- SABRY@SHEBIN.EG's expense? Make them in Egyptian Arabic.
-
- -- Jerry
-