Re: What is Usenet for?

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Edward Dolan said:

Newbies are like fish to us sharks. They come unto Usenet all
unsuspecting of what horrors await them. If they are smart, they soon
catch on and enjoy the humor of it.

A new guest should be treated like a new guest.

There is no humor in being a dork.

Don't feed the troll. He is, as he has ably demonstrated, lacking in humour,
wit, intelligence and grace. He adds nothing to the sum of human knowledge.
Don't pander to his sad little ego by responding to him. If we all ignore
him, he'll go away (and as 95% of us have killfiled him already, even if he
doesn't go away no-one will know).

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
/-\ You have discovered a security flaw in a Microsoft product. You
|-| can report this issue to our security team. Would you like to
| | * Be completely ignored (default)?
| | * Receive a form email full of platitudes about how much we care?
\_/ * Spend hours helping us fix this problem on your own phone bill?

Quoted message said:

Don't feed the troll. He is, as he has ably demonstrated, lacking in
humour,
wit, intelligence and grace. He adds nothing to the sum of human
knowledge.
Don't pander to his sad little ego by responding to him. If we all ignore
him, he'll go away (and as 95% of us have killfiled him already, even if
he
doesn't go away no-one will know).

(Simon Brooke)

Take it a step further, Simon and don't repost his drivel for the
unsuspecting---including those of us who have already killfiled him---to
stumble upon.

Simon Brooke said:

Quoted message said:

Edward Dolan said:

Newbies are like fish to us sharks. They come unto Usenet all
unsuspecting of what horrors await them. If they are smart, they soon
catch on and enjoy the humor of it.

Quoted message said:

A new guest should be treated like a new guest.

Quoted message said:

There is no humor in being a dork.

Don't feed the troll. [snip]

First of all, I find your order to ignore Edward kind of uncivilized.
The way in which you ignore people is not admirable nor do I enjoy
being informed about it. Could you please not reply to my postings
without addressing their subjects. I do not require your behavioral
modifications nor do I listen to your orders.

Where did you get this idea?

I was explaining how a new guest should be treated like a guest and I
was explaining how there is no humor in being a dork. Your reply does
not remotely address my topic. I bother to explain this because it
appears to be necessary. Your approach is .... well it sucks Simon.

Is this how you introduce yourself? Though the expression of hate?
And I should adopt this? This while you ignore what I write? What
hilarious suggestion. Please behave yourself or enlist me in your kill
file so that I don't have to read your nonsense.

I'm not about to stop having an opinion of my own. You might be upset
by reading it up to the point where you'd rather not see it. I really
don't care about this kind of emotions. It's like drained from all
social aspects.

100:1 it was you who made mr Dolan the way he is. I just read the one
posting and I already feel like describing the greatness of my
personality to you.

I mean look at me? It's so obviously self evident. huhuhuhu

Please read my more detailed prescriptions on the internets.

http://www.google.com/search?q=the+usenet+dating+agency

Thanks,

_____
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/factuurexpress

Edward Dolan said:

"Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

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...
I do not believe that kill files work that way. If you do not want to read
posts from Simon Brooke, you will have to put him in your kill file.

I am assuming you are advising him only on some technicalities and not
whether to actually do it. He can make up his own mind about that just as we
all can.

There is no way that Simon Brooke can specify that his posts NOT be read
by Gaby de Wilde. He would be more successful trying to cut down the
mightiest tree in the forest with a herring.

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Kill-filers are the pits especially if they want to make comments about
those whom they have kill-filed. I am reminded of old Cletus Lee of Texas
who liked to do this sort of thing - damn his rotten soul all the way to
Hell and back! Once you have kill-filed someone, then for God's sakes, shut
up about him!...

Old Cletus also posted at least one private email without permission and
misrepresented what others wrote on at least one occasion.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
"And never forget, life ultimately makes failures of all people." A. Derleth