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From: lberlind@panix.com (Len Berlind)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: unfortunate names\ killing this thread
Date: 29 Jan 1995 10:31:06 -0500

Brendan Carson wrote:

: I might be really ignorant of netiquette here, but are people meant to
: take it seriously when other people tell them what to post?

Yes. This is a newsgroup, just one part of Usenet. This group has a history and a culture of its own. Wit and intelligence and good writing were held in high regard. Unfortunate names threads and their ilk are stupid and boring.

: It seems that all of the posts about "unfortunate names" are labelled
: as such so if people don't want to read them they don't have to.

This is a bullshit argument. Fact is traffic here has increased enormously and most of the new stuff is, plain and simple, shit. Right now I spend more time figuring out killfile strategies than I do in enjoying myself. This is a sign to me that it may be time to move on. I don't like that prospect. I don't like the fact that something which used to be a source of enjoyment is turning out to be more work than it's worth. I hate the idiots who make it necessary. I detest the fools who believe that whatever they have to say is by definition worthwhile.

: Has anyone been told to shut up and done so? How can you stop people
: discussing what they want? It's not like these would be censors
: ("Hey, don't get me wrong, I believe in free speech as much as anyone...")
: have any divine authority or anything....

Maybe some morons have shut up. But they just keep coming. Free speech cuts both ways. If a lunkhead posts crap I have the right to call it crap. And crap _is_ crap. There are absolutes in this regard. There are standards. The weak and stupid, the lame and clueless, hide behind the free speech banner and take it as license to pollute AFU. They come in here and fart and belch and piss on the carpet and expect to be tolerated. Fuck them.

: In the meantime, I'm going to ignore any requests not to talk about
: anyhting.

Of course you will. You will post and post and post. Even if it's complete crap. Even if it's totally without merit. You will write your little articles and fling them into AFU and enjoy yourself and your free speech immensely.

Sod off.


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