X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,7fa6e8fe903ad05a X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-17 02:11:52 PST Path: nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!195.54.122.107!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!uio.no!newsfeed1.funet.fi!newsfeeds.funet.fi!130.230.10.15.MISMATCH!news.cc.tut.fi!uutiset.saunalahti.fi!not-for-mail From: Ville Jouppi Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: ASCII Art Fart for Sun, Mar 11, '01 Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:22:55 +0200 Organization: Arabuusimiehet Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <98gdoi$d39t1$1@rn.area.com> <3aac9255@runswick.octacon.co.uk> <9X7r6.18546$t1.1824172@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <9bnuatsmjv21gtev8cpaagtpeqv6a85rsn@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kameli.arabuusimiehet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: tron.sci.fi 984662400 9240 195.197.209.26 (15 Mar 2001 13:20:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@saunalahti.fi NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Mar 2001 13:20:00 GMT Keywords: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: nntp.stanford.edu alt.ascii-art:112793 On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 06:03:40 -0800, nhoop wrote: >>Think about it. Grow a thicker skin. > >I suppose one has to. Yet I understand the feelings of people brought up in >nicer days when rudeness was frowned on. Personally I think it a shame that a >good, interesting place like a.a.a. must be made off limits to some by the >excesses of a single sociopath. Well yes, but as long as he's not throwing PERSONAL insults at the reader, I don't see too much point in getting worked up. If he insults your beliefs saying stuff like "jesus was a faggot" or so, it still isn't a good enough reason to flip.. Freedom of speech and thought is what the "democratic world", as we call it, revolves on. (not just the USA!) Oh well, this is just my opinion on this whole matter .. it just gets boring to read and hear about all the offended people who are ranting for their cause.. :-) It takes quite a bit of self-discipline to stop me from posting about this some times (mainly because it's hippocracy in a way), but this time I let myself slip and voiced my opinion. ObScii _ /| | |//| | <<| |_|\\| \| Loudspeaker element.. :-) -- CBM, PEZ, and TI-calc nut, Scout, Glider pilot, Programmer Email: vjouppi@sci.fi, URL: http://www.sci.fi/~vjouppi/ GSM: +358-40-5679999, IRCNet: Jope "I see", said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.