Re: Joe Kohn to moderate csa2 (was: METAL is now FREE!!!!!!)

[uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd)]

In <C59xpL.72A@well.sf.ca.us> joko@well.sf.ca.us (Joe Kohn) writes:


>I am not talking about censorship. I am talking about respect and courtesy
>and intelligence. When people have nothing intelligent to say, they
>sometimes resort to using 4 letter words to cover up their lack of
>intelligence.

To be totally honest, csa2's FLC (foul language content) is lower than the
FLC on the UCSB campus, so I don't see what you're griping about. :)

>In any case, c.s.a2 has turned ugly in recent months. I feel that the so
>called flame wars have been totally unproductive. I feel that flaming the
>brand new keeper of the cco.caltech.edu archive is uncalled for. I feel that
>a teacher expressing his concerns about the language used is is appropriate.

I haven't noticed any particularly major flame wars in quite some time,
actually.  Most of what I have seen has been heated argument about some
subject or another.  The difference between a "flame war" and a "heated
argument" is that a flame is pretty much totally baseless, while an
argument usually has some kind of point.

>I feel that flaming companies like WestCode and Seven Hills has had a very
>negative effect on the so- called Apple II community. If the bad mouthing
>continues, soon there will be no companies supporting the Apple II.

I haven't seen anyone flaming Seven Hills, but I'll take your word for it,
Joe.  However, I've posted a complaint or two about WestCode myself.  I
like their products, but I do think they could put a little more hustle
into releasing the new InWords, since I spent big bucks on it, and so far
haven't been able to use it at all, since it hangs on the documents I
bought it for scanning.

>But, then again, I'm speaking as an adult. I remember what it was like to be
>a teenager and trying to impress my friends.

** Snort **  Can you remember that far back, Joe? :)

Seriously, I don't see what impressing people has to do with anything,
but, again, I'll take your word for it.

>In any case, clean up your act and don;t bother sending me any flames. I
>have a working copy of SuperFlameStation and have the ability to send
>electro-magnetic pulses via the net. I'll just use the flame/fry option.

Very clever, Joe.  You complain about flames, then proceed to threaten to
participate in the dubious art of flaming.  Cool.

- Eric S.
  User, FlameWorks v3.0

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