Re: disclaimer for *.answers

fruadman_trumpet_fanfare1@juno.com
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 10:15:45 +0000

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On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 08:43:04 -0400 flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J
Rosenthal) writes:
>
> If the *.answers folks think that a particular faq *is* a "kook"
> article,
> they might choose to phrase it in a more kook-friendly way: "We
> appreciate
> your providing your information to the usenet community, but we've
> noticed
> that it seems to be rather controversial, and ..."
>
> And again, I imagine the response being "yeah it sure is
> controversial
> those government conspirators are trying to knock me down and they
> keep
> tweaking the electrodes in my brane and everyone on usenet is trying
> to
> get me and I see why a disclaimer is necessary and thank you for
> respecting
> my courage in bringing this IMPORTANT information to the net and
> here's
> how to make money fast."

Apparently, you haven't met many kooks. They may be kooky, but they
aren't dumb, and they'll see right through it for what it really is--an
attempt to diminish them.

I think that it's a good suggestion, but I don't think that we need to go
around selecting people to use it.

``Excuse me, but you look like someone who needs help satisfying his
wife...''

|Andrew A. Gill |I posted to Silent-Tristero and|
|<fruadman_trumpet_fanfare1@juno.com> |all I got was this stupid sig! |
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| (Report all obscene mail to Le Maitre Pots)|
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And besides, the electrodes are now located in the foot, so the HMOs
can't control them.

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