Re: Idea to save the IIgs

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article pDOTblokland@spcgroup.nl writes...

>Mitchell Spector wrote:
>>
>> In article Pim Blokland <pibl@spc.nl> writes...
>>
>> >Mitchell Spector wrote (slightly paraphrased):
>> >>
>> >> Naahh, that will never work. You won't be able to make that happen.
>[snip]
>>
>> Um, I did not write those words above. If you add ">"s next to
>> the lines of text, along with "so and so wrote" just above it, it
>> implies that you are taking an exact word for word quote. Yes, what
>
>I'm sorry, I thought the designation "slightly paraphrased" was enough
>to alert everybody to the fact that is wasn't your real words I was
>quoting. But maybe I should have been less subtle about that.
>Please accept my apologies for any insult or damage I may have caused.

    None taken. I just think people should follow proper netiquette
as far as quoting goes, and use ">" and the line "person x wrote..."
*only* when quoting existing text someone else has written. People
should also be very careful about who quoted text is then attributed
to as well, I quite often see names attached to lines of text written
by someone else.

    It's especially important since many newservers out there (mine
included) don't recieve all articles posted, and people often only
get to read the follow-ups. Also, considering how prone this group
is to fighting and childish bickering, I'd want to avoid having any
potentially inflammatory words put into my mouth, so to speak.
(or for example, the incredibly disgusting racist and sexist filth
spewed by the originator of the "Feminazi" thread. I'm sure few
people would be pleased to have their name inadvertently attributed
to the words in the original post).

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca