(My) Strongly insulting language over the net.

david at ANL-MCS.ARPA david at ANL-MCS.ARPA
Thu Jan 10 10:29:21 AEST 1985


Well, shoot.  Mr. Jack Jansenn had his organization listed as
the "Retarded Programmers Home".  If he wants to refer to himself
in that manner, I will too. :-)

> In a message numbered 399 at ukma.UUCP, Mr. David Herron refers to another
> participant in the network as "Jack Jansenn at the Retarded Programmers
> Home."  This is rather insulting language.  I know we're not all angels,
> but I would expect some gentlemanly behaviour, especially in public
> messages.  If users don't temper their own language, then network
> referrees may find themselves having to act as censors, which both we
> and they would, I am sure, find distasteful.

> Joe Yao		(UUCP!seismo!hadron!jsdy / hadron!jsdy at seismo.ARPA)

[By the way, why did you send your personal response through europe?]
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David Herron;  ARPA-> "ukma!david"@ANL-MCS
(Try the arpa address w/ and w/o the quotes, I have had much trouble with both.)

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