Remember the flamewar with rec.pets.cats?
Todd Radel
while back, when some of us started posting wonderful cat-squicking,
cat-shooting, and cat-hurling stories on r.p.c to get their
underwear all bunched up.
Today I was checking out news.admin.policy (as I occasionally do for
some good net.gossip and the best flamewars around!), and discovered
that the discussion (flame fest, more like) over unlimited-anonymous
servers is still going on. Several newsadmins believe that anon
servers are evil because they allow people to post tons of flamage, etc.
without any way to be held responsible. Anyone want to guess what
their main argument is?
Yup, rec.pets.cats and Jeff Verhagen's cat-torture stories.
[FWIW, I don't see how a user posting from xx9...@somewhere.edu or
Joe.S...@acme.com is any more "responsible" for his or her postings
than an anon-server user. But back to the tastelessness!]
-- Todd
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Geoff Miller
In article <C5z3q...@news.udel.edu> ra...@bach.udel.edu (Todd Radel) writes:
>Several newsadmins believe that anon servers are evil because they allow
>people to post tons of flamage, etc. without any way to be held responsible.
I really get off on throwing a figurative wrench into the gears of such
belief systems by posting the most outrageous shit I can think of *and
signing my name to it.* The resulting outrage is often a real hoot.
People get pissed off enough just because of the content, but it really
throws gasoline onto the fire when a poster takes the "Your mother sucks
cock -- and so do *you!* type of attitude, being perfectly content to let
the chips fall where they may, and to hell with the consequences. It
reminds me of that old piece of Xerox art with the field mouse standing up
on his hind legs and giving the finger to the hawk as it swoops down on
him -- "The Last Great Act Of Defiance."
One of the most extreme examples of that sort of thing, in my experience, was
when I posted article #1 (no shit) to alt.current.events.wtc.explosion
and said that the explosion was obviously perpetrated by the "A-rabs," and
that we ought to nuke Mecca in retribution -- preferably during the Hajj.
The howls of outrage were unbelievable -- I honestly thought I was going
to lose my Netcom account because it it all. And you know what? It
would've been worth it! It reminded me of the rush I get when I eat
ultra-hot Thai food and I wonder, "I don't know how much this is going to
burn, but by God, I'm gonna do it anyway." The human quest for the perfect
adrenaline rush takes many forms.
Sometimes you just have to say, "What the fuck!"
Geoff
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Art Taylor
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>In article <C5z3q...@news.udel.edu> ra...@bach.udel.edu (Todd Radel) writes:
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>>Several newsadmins believe that anon servers are evil because they allow
>>people to post tons of flamage, etc. without any way to be held responsible.
> I honestly thought I was going
>to lose my Netcom account because it it all. And you know what? It
>would've been worth it! It reminded me of the rush I get when I eat
>ultra-hot Thai food and I wonder, "I don't know how much this is going to
>burn, but by God, I'm gonna do it anyway." The human quest for the perfect
>adrenaline rush takes many forms.
It's great, because(if you look at my address) if someone complains, who gets
their petty diatribe? _I_ do.
You mentioned using your real name, this is key. If you check my .sig, I also
include my mailing address(not necessary, since the pigs know where I live
anyway(cops pigs, not you guys pigs)), and home phone numbers. It makes you
appear so much more sincere when people think you are being honest and are
not afraid of retribution.
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teach them how to forge foodstamps, and they're set for life." Art Taylor
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Salman Rushdie
My motto has always been, "Fuck em."
Barney is Your Friend (Too)
>was when I posted article #1 (no shit) to alt.current.events.wtc.explosion
>and said that the explosion was obviously perpetrated by the "A-rabs," and
>that we ought to nuke Mecca in retribution -- preferably during the Hajj.
>The howls of outrage were unbelievable -- I honestly thought I was going
>to lose my Netcom account because it it all. And you know what? It
>would've been worth it!
Aw, Geoff, we were only flaming you cause we all love you!
We hope you love Barney, too. You might save the group from me. I think I
killed it, though. :) hahahaha (sneer) hahahaha
>Sometimes you just have to say, "What the fuck!"
What? THe FUck?
Geoff, have YOU been FUcking my Cat?
Barney Loves All of You!
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No Matter Where You Go, : I love you, you love me, we're one happy family.
There You Are. : - Barney the Dinosaur
- Buckaroo Banzai : finger me!
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Geoff Miller
Obviously in desperate need of serious professional help, (Dan Chen) writes:
>Aw, Geoff, we were only flaming you cause we all love you!
>We hope you love Barney, too.
My Barney doll is wearing out. The "extra" hole is starting to come
apart at the seams. His smile is bigger than ever, though.
>Geoff, have YOU been FUcking my Cat?
She told you? Hey, at least it's a *female* cat.
Mike Weber
>>Aw, Geoff, we were only flaming you cause we all love you!
>>We hope you love Barney, too.
>
>My Barney doll is wearing out. The "extra" hole is starting to come
>apart at the seams. His smile is bigger than ever, though.
>
>>Geoff, have YOU been FUcking my Cat?
>She told you? Hey, at least it's a *female* cat.
Sounds like its time for another flame war?