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- From: gdb15@grebe.cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry)
- Subject: Re: SM ISO MAIL
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.202225.29423@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
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- Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
- References: <1993Jan22.000846.10561@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> <1993Jan22.040131.21412@sol.UVic.CA>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:22:25 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.040131.21412@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA writes:
- >In article 10561@ringer.cs.utsa.edu, sgokhale@lonestar.utsa.edu (Shashank S. Gokhale) writes:
- >
- >>hey you yes you. why do you make fun of people like this?
- >
- >I will attempt to answer your question because you are the only one in
- >history to reply to one of these very volatile flames. Man, do you have
- >guts!
- >
- >Essentially, soc.singles is a discussion group where regulars go around
- >exchanging ideas about any topic that comes to mind. I would have blasted you
- >no matter what you wrote because what you wrote was a PERSONAL AD!!!!
- >
- >I am giving you a clue: soc.singles regulars like myself get extremely
- >PISSED OFF when they see personal ads. If you go into a pub and scream out
- >"HEY! ALL YOU GIRLS OVER THERE! I'M LOOKING FOR WOMEN! I WANT TO TALK TO YOU!!!"
- >What do you think their reaction would be?
-
- Precisely. You're allowed to go into a pub with the sole intention of
- picking up MOTAS, as long as you never explicitly admit it. It's
- exactly the same with this newsgroup. (For most people it's about
- as successful, as well.)
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