From bursar@c2i.net Mon Jan 29 12:02:40 2001
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 01:35:24 GMT
From: Roy G. Ovrebo <bursar@c2i.net>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan
Subject: Re: NEWSGROUP ALERT: All posters stand by for change in standards.

Paul Raj Khangure <prk@digitaljunkie.net> wrote:
>In an Age long past, an Age yet to come, Chaos wrote:
>
>> posters but what can I say? I can't set NG standards because I'm a newbie to
>> you.
>
>10:64
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>
>
>Paul Raj Khangure

The Book of Paul, chapter 10, verse 64. Let's look it up, shall we:

(64)And it came to pass that messages were posted - or not posted,
seeing as they were without text. (65)For what may lie hidden in
unwritten messages? Nothing at all, was the general opinion.
(66)And Paul said unto the masses: "Dammit, you ought to know that
propagation delay makes a mess of the threading - and that not all
newsreaders even thread at all. Besides, if you don't have anything
to say, don't post at all. If you disagree with all this, I'm sure
the armed guards and dogs will convince you otherwise". (67)And the
users saw that it was Good. And there was much rejoicing.

(68)And Paul was still mightily pissed off. "Verily, I say unto you,
you'll probably start posting in HTML next. Cretins. Don't you have
any regard for the RFCs?" (69)And the users cowered in fear,
such was the might of his wrath.

(70)When one of the offenders was brought forward for Paul to pass
judgement, he spake thusly: "Let him cast the first stone who is not
himself blatantly violating newsgroup standards. And aim properly.
Right between the eyes. Let's really stamp out this rubbish. I'm sick
and tired of it. (71)And those ridiculous fake CB radio codes, the
next one I see doing that is getting a fully charged capacitor
connected to his testicles. (72)G'day".

-- 
Roy G. Ovrebo, hoping he got the style right

with apologies to Paul and to that God bloke who wrote the original