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Re: Charles leaving?
- Subject: Re: Charles leaving?
- From: deth@magna.com.au (Deth)
- Date: 1996/09/20
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Deth Enterprises
- References: <51rvri$hb@camel3.mindspring.com>
kilroy@bham.mindspring.com (Jeff Vaughn) wrote:
> Ah, well i believe i understand now why Charles is so upset and leaving us.
>Charles is right to a point. It's a plain fact that guys who get on a feed just
>to do nothing but flame other people are really irritating. I've been BBSing
>since the early 80's and seen all kinds and the ones who seem to push the most
>buttons are those who have the limited vocabulary.
> In the 80's, "loser" was a favorite word of the bashers. A small group of
>morons would get on a BBS and do nothing but pick fights and make fun of others
>trying to do a little decent work. Unfortunalty, they were the ones supplying
>the software, so we had to put up with them.
> Now, in the 90's, it's the same thing except the morons can't spell anymore.
>They change the spelling of words because they think it makes teh unique or some
>kind of a rebel. They use "loozer" and "lamerz" and anything they can throw a
>'z' on. Still, they are the ones with the software, so we put up with them.
> Here, we really don't have to do that sort of thing. I was hoping to come to
>the Apple feeds and find people really wanting to spread some information, but i
>should have known better than to think the morons wouldn't be hiding somewhere
>in the crowd.
> And, if it's not the morons, it's the holy avengers of copyright laws. People,
>what purpose do you serve by bringing others down who are trying to help people
>that can't find the stuff anymore? I heard someone say, "pirating is bad".
>There's two sides to pirating just like everything else. Pirating is one of the
>BEST forms of advertisement there is.
> It's really a shame that these people have nothing better to do than try and
>piss others off.
>Kilroy
>(The Apple Collective)
All this talks of pirates. Im out of here. I've gotta go buy myself an
eye patch. ;-)
Dave.
--== DETH ==--
The Soul of a Warrior is the Shield of Humanity