[9817] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: "F--- you," message
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Rothman)
Fri Jan 21 21:53:49 1994
In-Reply-To: <199401220212.SAA06050@ucsd.edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 94 21:30:38 -0400
To: "Roger Bohn" <Rbohn@ucsd.edu>
Cc: "com-priv" <com-priv@psi.com>
From: "David Rothman" <rothman@netcom.com>
Reply-To: rothman@netcom.com
>DATE: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 18:12:08 -0800
>FROM: Roger Bohn <Rbohn@UCSD.EDU>
>
>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.
On the contrary, his mode of expression was *very* revealing about him
and his NII.
>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>
Most of those were from his original posting. :-) As for others, such as
Ednet, folks need to know what this man is up to. He wrote an article,
after all, with the title of "National Intelligence and Open Source:
>From School House to White House."
As it happens, since Bob refused to answer my questions, especially
about his money sources and the "Power" Senator, I see no point in
persisting right now.
Thanks for your note.
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