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From: Ole Andre Schistad <Ole.Andre.Schistad@ifi.unit.no>
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Subject: re: Personal flame and public dirt washing.
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On Fri, 28 Apr 1995, David W Merkel wrote:
> AND******* I DONT KNOW HOW OTHER INDIVIDUALS FEEL BUT WHEN YOU START
> TALKING ABOUT GOING ON A KILLING SPREE, perhaps it is time the system
> manager put some people on notice. Because I believe communication of
> that nature whether jokingly or serious across state and international
> lines is a FEDERAL offense and it sounded to me that some one was
> conveying a threat, directed towards Personal at NEWTEK. We must have
> some very unstable individuals on this list, given the facts of the
> world affairs these days (i.e. bombings, post office shootings,
> corporate Law office shootings- San Francisco, Gas attacks- Japan) So
> fool- who I don't even know who you are, I think this system manager
> needs to talk to you.
I feel sorry for you , I genuinely do. I am the person you choose to call
an unstable would-be terrorist , and I want you to know that nothing disgusts
me more than people who take out their frustration on someone else. Maybe
my post was too short to clarify this , but I never intended my post as a
threat to NewTek or anyone else ; I was merely stating my frustration and
anger towards what seemed like a blow to the entire community of Amiga
and LightWave owners. When I learned that the original post was patently
false , my first reaction was to apologize on the mailing list , and my
second reaction was to thank NewTek for continuing their support.
Now , I may have reacted prematurely , but so have YOU , Dave. You don't
know me. You probably never will . Maybe you are incapable of knowing me;
I don't know . I don't know you either. All I know is that , on a basis
of a five-line posting to a mailing list , you immediately concluded that I
was a dangerous individual . This makes me both sad and mirthful , I know
myself fairly well , and to think that I could ever blow up a building
or plant a container of nerve gas in a metro station is ridiculous to
the extreme . Such acts are stupid and accomplish nothing , except the death
of innocents . I am no idealist . I am no politician. I believe in practical
solutions to real problems , not symbolic acts of blind violence towards
an unknown `they' to whom all problems are credited.
You mentioned federal law. If this means that you're in favour of the
Communications Decency Act , then I guess your reaction makes sense.
But how anyone can fit the first amendment to the US constitution into
it is beond me. I think Abe Lincoln once said that if and when the people
gets a government that's unsuited to its power, the people has
both a right and a duty to revolt. Rather amusing , don't you think ?
I've also noticed that while the word `fuck' is actually most commonly used
by americans , it usually takes a european to spell it out in full (ie ,
not f*ck or f**k) . This habit would probably come in handy if the CDA
passes - this letter , for example , would be illegal as I used the f-word.
The commercialization of usenet has had many consequences for it native
population . On one hand , a lot of interesting people have gained access
to the medium in later years , and that's a boon. On the other hand, the same
increase in `population' has brought a lot of unsuited people. The spoken
word still holds a lot of power , and usenet as a medium conveys it in its
most concentrated form. You'd think that this would further people's
understanding of each other , but the fact is that deliberate or accidental
misunderstandings are much more common. The size of usenet has also brought
a lot of unwanted attention from other media and government officials.
The original teeming anarchy may well be replaced with a regulated
bureaucracy , where each participant has to be approved by a semi-official
admissions-regulator.
I don't know about you , David , but that's NOT how I like the internet.
> Mahalo from Hawaii, David\=-)
Takk from Norway , Ole A.
#include <stddisclaimer.h>
#define REALNAME Ole Andre Schistad
#define EMAIL (schizo@nvg.unit.no || olesc@ifi.unit.no)
#define OCCUPATION Comp.Sci student and 3D animation hobbyist.
main(){ printf("Hello World\n");return(-1);}
/* The world is an illusion. */