Subject: Re: Incarnations of Stoont From: "etherman" Organization: Road Runner Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan Jordan S. Weber-Flink wrote in message news:MPG.1244e61ca3af90ef989698@news.bu.edu... > Given the frequency of people who tend to begin flame wars because > of ignorance, ill-nature, or self-defense, and also the amount of space > and dl time these threads (which inevitably become lengthy) generate, I > have a proposal. > > Since mini-faq pointers and rasfwrj faq pointers almost never seem > to work, I propose that we come up with a short, non-personal message > which can be posted to anyone causing problems which will give them a > fair chance to learn the error of their ways. This can be a message from > rasfwrj as a whole, and not one person, thereby preventing a backlash > and/or flamewar. I don't know where I got this from but here it goes: Dear: [ ] Clueless Newbie [ ] Loser [ ] Nutscraper [ ] AOLer/Euronetter/PIer/MSNetter [ ] Cretin [ ] Me too er [ ] Pervert [ ] Llama [ ] Spammer [ ] Barbarian [ ] Elvis [ ] Fed [ ] Freak [ ] Smurf [ ] Other: You Are Being Flamed Because: [ ] You dished it out, and couldn't take it. [ ] You did not know what a Lissajous figure was. [ ] You posted a Money-Making scheme. [ ] You posted a Money-Making scheme to a .humor newsgroup. [ ] You are a newbie with no strategy. [ ] You don't have the wit to make an arse of yourself. [ ] You posted an article with an inappropriate subject title. [ ] You believe that using lots of .'s lends weight to your argument [ ] You have no grasp of the intricate nature of the English language. [ ] You crossposted. [ ] You forgot to include any feasible or testable proof. [ ] You posted one line and included a four page quotation. [ ] You listen to Bryan Adams. [ ] You do not watch 'Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys'. [ ] All of the above. To Repent, You Must: [ ] Give up your AOL/MSN/SCIlab/other account [ ] Actually post something relevant [ ] Apologize to everybody in this newsgroup. [ ] Never post in this newsgroup again. [ ] Hit your head hard against the nearest wall. [ ] All of the above. In Closing, I'd Like to Say: [ ] Bite me [ ] Get a life [ ] I pity your dog [ ] Go to hell [ ] I think your IQ must be 7 [ ] All that separates you from door-to-door salesmanship is a matter of time [ ] Take your sh!t somewhere else [ ] Learn to post [ ] Do us all a favor and jump into some industrial equipment [ ] See how far your tongue will fit into the electric outlet [ ] Go play with yourself in the traffic [ ] All of the above Have a nice day. -- Etherman etherman23@hotmail.com The relationship between the people and her government is much like the relationship between the bottom and the top, except that the people do not have a safe word. Me