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Subject: 
Re: Are we all too nice?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Fri, 27 Oct 2000 21:07:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes:
<major, indiscriminate snippage>

I am wondering what people would think if there were a group

  lugnet.off-topic.debate.flame

where, basically, anything goes:  rudeness, complete gruffness, even
profanity.  (When I say anything, BTW, I mean anything but copyright
violations or other illegalities, etc.)

Well, having thought about this long and hard (and having been digging
around in the dusty back halls of Lugnet today), I think that an off-site
solution already exists for those who feel the need to express ire:

  http://www-csag.cs.uiuc.edu/individual/pakin/complaint

All in good .fun

:)

James
James Brown's Parts Sale:  http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?p=jamesb
4500+ parts, averaging $0.10 per piece.



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  Re: Are we all too nice?
 
(...) Me likes it. :-D Jude (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Are we all too nice?
 
This is ultimately a CFD (call for discussion) for a new newsgroup, but also asking what I think may be an important question. It's a taboo question, so do try to keep an open mind. The question is: Are we trying to be too nice to one another? The (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.announce) !! 

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