[9815] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: "F--- you," message
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roger Bohn)
Fri Jan 21 21:12:40 1994
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 18:12:08 -0800
To: rothman@netcom.com
From: Rbohn@ucsd.edu (Roger Bohn)
Cc: "com-priv" <com-priv@psi.com>
I apologize to com-priv for cc'ing on this, but IMHO once again it is time
to discuss social norms in the group.
At 8:01 PM 1/21/94 -0400, David Rothman wrote:
>Folks, I was looking forward to meeting Bob Steele in person, but it's
>obvious that *this* spook ain't no gentleman. See below for his entire
>message to me, color and all. Oh, well. It's wonderful to know that a
>spook-style NII wouldn't censor healthy Anglo-Saxonisms.
I am appalled to see someone pursuing their personal anger in this fashion.
No matter how important an issue may seem to you, and no matter who is
correct, it does not justify wasting everyone else's time with this kind of
personal stuff. If you are offended by swear words in a private message,
that does not make it news for the rest of us.
A simple "Mr. Steele has declined to respond to my requests for
information" would suffice.
List of cc's on the original message.
steeler@well.sf.ca.us, cosndisc@bitnic.BITNET, cpsr-members@eff.org,
freenet-admin@nptn.org, library@arizvml.BITNET,
nettrain@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu, nii_agenda-approval@world.stf.com,
nii_agenda@civicnet.org, public-net@nyservnet.org,
"Publib" <publib-net@nysernet.org>, "Ednet" <Ednet@nic.umass.edu>,
"ALA Washington Office" <alawash@alawash.org>
