Re: attack of a usenet crybaby

[rbraun@Hopper.ITC.Virginia.EDU (Rolf Braun)]

Bryony Bechtold (bbry@bu.edu) wrote:
: Pete Venezia (pete@pro-pete.cts.com) wrote:

: : There is nothing worse than an irresponsible, self-centered infant -- your
: : signature says it all!

: Absolutely. .... Except, maybe for those really annoying people who type 
: one sentence but feel strangely compelled to quote 5 paragraphs out of the 
: previous person's message. 

: WASTING that PRECIOUS RESOURCE *bandwidth*, USING UP my daily ALLOTMENT of 
: ATTENTION SPAN, leaving me none for alt.binaries.pictures.models.with.pets,
: and in general, going about blithley causing the DOWNFALL of the WHOLE 
: ENTIRE INTERNET which is due to IMPLODE real soon now. All because of PEOPLE
: LIKE YOU, who JUST DON'T CARE.  

: (Crying and cradling the silent, dusty wreckage of my ][+)

Copying the whole article isn't too bad, especially if it's only a few
paragraphs. "*bandwidth*" is not such a precious resource on USENET,
and I don't give a darn about your attention span. STOP FLAMING!

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