'Resistance Is Futile'

Philippe Nave pdn at dwroll.dw.att.com
Tue Nov 9 19:58:44 PST 1993


> 
> Dear All,
>     A little quote from Mr. Nave: "Let us hope that our coffee shop is
> not overrun by screaming children..." 
>     Excuse me if I get a tad bit offended by this. I am a computer
> science student at Carnegie-Mellon University and I read several
> internet b-boards. Most of the time I don't enter in arguments, or
> "petty bickering" as it has been called. I just like to read other
> people's ideas and see what's going on. I can see you guys getting
> frustrated with thousands of repetative messages and postings, but do
> you want to sanction of the rest of the world? I always thought (correct
> me if I'm wrong) that you guys advocated the open exchange of
> information and ideas via computer. Now you guys want to discuss the
> advantages of free computer forums while excluding anyone else from your
> little discussion? Sounds slightly hypocritical. 
> 
>                                     A Screaming Child,
>                                                 Tony Rippy
>                                                 tr2n+ at andrew.cmu.edu
> 

You're right. That _was_ a particularly stupid remark. I apologize.

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