In article <2ad1vd$ffp at quad.wfunet.wfu.edu>, noel at ac.wfu.edu (Noel Hunter) writes...
>i935698 at redgum.ucnv.edu.au (Owabje) wrote:
>: I have tried to post this to the most appropriate newsgroups because my last
>: post resulted in some the worst abuse I have ever experienced, despite being
>: married a member of my immediate family.
>>I know it must be exciting to be learning how to use news, and to realize that
>the articles you post will be seen by literally thousands of people around the
>world. And it must be great and punk to inflame all those people by posting
>something totally inappropriate to a particular newsgroup. But after you've
>been here a while, hopefully you'll realize that lame attempts to attract
>attention are just as boring on the Internet as they are in person.
>>Why not just dye your hair green and go grocery shopping. It will get just
>as many stares, and when you're done, at least you'll have something to show
>for it.
>>And if you think it would be funny to follow up this posting with more
>irrelevant material, think again. Plenty of people know how to cancel articles,
>including ones other people wrote, and they're more than willing to cancel
>yours.
>>In the future, try alt.dev.nul or alt.test.
>>--
>* Noel Hunter, Academic Systems Administrator, Wake Forest University *
>* noel at wfu.edu TEL:(919) 759-5812 MAIL:PO Box 7408 Winston-Salem, NC 27109 *
AMEN!
