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Re: A letter to Todd
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:03:59 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Mark Papenfuss writes:
> In lugnet.admin.nntp, Todd Lehman writes:
> > In lugnet.admin.nntp, Mark Papenfuss writes:
> > > Mark P.
> > > Now withdrawing from admin.nntp alltogether.
> >
> > Thank you. On your way out, would you care to apologize to everyone for
> > your use of profanity here last night?
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> > --Todd
> See, you put me in a spot that I am sure I will get bashed on no matter what
> I do here. If I do post here, I will be re-entering a thread I said I was
> out of, and If I do not reply then it will be used against me as I refused
> to apolisize. So basically I am dammed if I do, and dammed if I don't. So
> with that:
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> If anybody was offended by the word "a**hole" then I, Mark papenfuss do
> sincerly apologize for that. It was not put here to offend anybody in any
> way, shape or form.
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> Now for the explanation: That word is ued on the radio and the television
> (and no, not cable tv) where I live. I know it was considered to be profane
> in the past, but since it has been popping up in the media that I watch and
> listen to then I do not consider this a profane word. You may feel
> differenly, this is up to you. I think your time would have been better
> spent addressing the lego porn that was posted on this site than a word that
> is used on free-tv.
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> Now, that was not too hard, I apolisized for something others thought was
> wrong, even though I did not feel the same way. i hope Eric takes notes from
> this.
Not much of an apology. I hear all sorts of nonsense on TV. However, I have
to sense to know what is on TV is not necessarily right or wrong. Basically,
I rely on my own (corrupt?) values to let me know what is right or wrong -
not TV.
Scott A
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> Mark P.
> And this is really my last post to the admin.nntp thread, no matter what.
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| (...) See, you put me in a spot that I am sure I will get bashed on no matter what I do here. If I do post here, I will be re-entering a thread I said I was out of, and If I do not reply then it will be used against me as I refused to apolisize. So (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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