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Mitch,

I did not bother to read your dribble.  Shall we all get back to talking
about bondage wings?

Patrick


Michael Blitch wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 31 Oct 1998 09:29:26 -0800, you wrote:
> 
> >That you are cheap and a moron and are not happy with living in the
> >sticks.  You know, the same thing that you posted a number of times in
> >the past.
> 
> >Well, you posted directly to the list referring to an e-mail with a
> >small attachment I posted, you yelled, and you copied me.  Oh, I'm just
> >hostile.  That was not directed at me.  Yeah, and nothing in my post was
> >directed at you.  Get a life!
> 
> >Steve, in an e-mail which you have not read yet, I did apologize.  Put
> >yourself in any catagory you want.  As far as the file goes, it was
> >small and cheap shits like you want to make it into a big deal.
> 
> >You are an idiot, you are cheap.  I'll make this short to save you on
> >"download time", read the other e-mail.
> 
> >I'm glad you are having a good laugh.  Maybe that will make the extra
> >expense of that one minute download easier to swallow.
> 
> You seam to fail to see the point. Binaries are NOT ALLOWED in the listserv or
> newsgroups unless they specifically allow it. It does NOT matter if it is
on-topic or
> not. Several people have corrected you on this, so I do not see how you can
be naive
> enough to still think it is acceptable. Many people have little space in
which to
> store these messages. You cannot excuse your violation of the rules by saying
they
> should get a better server. Maybe they cannot afford it or maybe it is just
not
> available to them. Nevertheless, it is not your place to tell others that
when you
> break the rules out of sheer ignorance or contempt that they are the
problems. There
> are several international subscribers and they may not have the easy of
accessability
> or storage that you may have. You ARE on the tech diver list and voluntarily
> subscribed to it which means you should follow the rules, set protocol, and
normal
> posting ethics. This listserv is not your personal advertising tool and will
not be
> tolerated as such.  How can you constantly belate others when no one has
supported
> what you have done. Are you so demented that you think you can do nothing
wrong.
> People in the listserv do not get to choose what e-mail is downloaded and
what isn't
> as filters do not get applied until after mail is downloaded. You may be
privilaged
> to have a cable modem and high capacity storage media, but most of people do
not. It
> is extremely small minded of you to assume that since we don't like receiving
> unsolicited files that our connections are poor and we should stop being
"cheap" and
> get another system of mail retrieval. Just admit you are wrong and accept your
> responsibility or leave the listserv if you cannot contribute anything. At
least some
> of the flames/discussions actually do generate some type of actually useful
> information. Your constant single-sided position will not win. You will not
gain any
> pity points for belittling others, only scorn. Please contribute something of
> quality, provide a supported alternate viewpoint, or aid a new user in their
diving
> endeavors. If others see your dedication and effort, they will be much more
likely to
> go to your website/conference and learn more. Blindly attacking others simply
not aid
> you in life.
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