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From: petecasso@aol.com (PeteCasso)
Subject: Re: [txt] beware of Pete
Date: 1997/06/15
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I really enjoyed Joristein's comments, particularly the one below (I am
reasonably familiar with German history and culture), it is from a
different thread but it is nevertheless characteristic.

>Holsteins? Did you say Holsteins???
>Are they family from some frog or bird we all know?

Let me add some comments.

I hardly ever venture out of Frogstein and Birdstein related threads,
never have, probably never will. I merely cartooned everyday life with
humanized frogs, birds, ghosts, devils, etc. I mentioned no individual
names in these generic cartoons.

All of a sudden came a barrage of insults, death threats, libel,
vandalism, all kinds of perversions from the asciigangsteins, presumably
because they saw their own follies in these generic cartoons. I
incorporated these perversions in subsequent cartoons, still not
mentioning any individual names.

Over time, the worst offenders of the asciigangsteins gradually revealed
their own idiosyncrasies of their perversions, and I started to mention
individual names when cartooning idiosyncratic perversions. That was quite
recent though, about a month ago.

>PETE WANTS TO MAKE THE WORLD WIDE WEB GO STEIN!

Yes, indeed! That would boost my already phenomenal egos!  :-)

In this context, I could have energetically opposed the socalled
"negative" comments that I received, I am positive that this is the
expectation of most readers in this newsgroup. But I only counteracted
with very mild cartoons, for various reasons. The main reason is that I
had my fun with it. One of the other reasons is that these socalled
"negative" comments only _added_ to the Frogstein and Birdstein momentum,
believe it or not. So, why should I really oppose these socalled
"negative" comments?

Or to say things the other way around, I welcome all positive and
"negative" contributions to the Frogstein and Birdstein momentum!

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