From: bz206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Hack)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gdead
Subject: Re: Rabid Deadheads
Date: 10 Nov 1992 08:23:48 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bz206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Hack)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, GIBBS%MIDD.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu () says:

>Joe 'what's your REAL name' Hacker:
>|...I am a Deadhead,...I've not actually been to a show since....
>|...and am able to see the whole  picture... Now the hippies have..
>|become the enemy.
>
> Joe, it appears from here, that you intentionally provoked this
>virtual community. And then condemned the reaction you yourself
>provoked. You diminish the credibility of your explanation by
>your approach to the situation. If you sincerely so not understand
>the reaction you provoked, you might educate yourself on what has
>transpired in this country while you were gone. People perceived
>you as attacking. In the end, it seems you could stand to examine
>your own behavior at least as much as the people you provoked.

Are you confused yet?

>If you are interested in being a member of this community, consider
>what you expect from a friend. Needless provocation? Demeaning remarks?

I am a member.

>Knee-jerk judgements? It seems if we are not ready for your 'pranks',
>then we are the 'enemy'. That sort of attitude probably doesn't

No.

>go to far in group situations. I , for one would welcome you here
>under the same conditions we all live under. Show some consideration.
>You want friends? Be a friend. You want respect? Show respect. It
>works in other places, and I've found it to work well, here, too.

I don't need or expect friendship or respect of anyone here.  If you 
people want to give it, fine.  I won't complain.

>If you want us to get the d*** joke, let us in on it, too! Fair?

I just did.

>I'm hoping you DO want to be a part of this, and aren't just throwing
>s*** in people's faces. If you do want to participate, consider
>your past actions, and why we should all be judged on the basis of
>whether or not we got your joke? We were doin ok without you, can
>you *add* to the mix, instead of trasdhing it? I myself enjoy
>pranksterism, and humor is sadly lacking in many of our lives.
>But pranksterism impliooes the thought of antics designed to
>*get us all off*, doesnt it? Does to me. Consider what there is for
>us to learn from what you've done. And maybe upgrade your prankster
>spirit, so we can all *benefit* from it, instead of having
>hallucinogenic nightmares of .Netmas Past.

Uh, sorry?  Was that the correct answer?

> And why, if your a friendly ghost, cant we know your name?

I thought my name was appearing in the headers of my messages.
My name is Joseph P. Hack.  Born in San Francisco in 1939
to Sam and Harriet Hack.  My father died in the war, my mother
died of a stroke in 1950.  I got hit by a car in 1959 and was
in a coma for 3 months, which did not cause too much drain bamage.
I worked hard and got a scholarship to UC Berkely, and graduated in
1965.  I used to hang out in the park with all the hippies and
go to the acid tests when I had a chance.  I hung out with the
old crowd at La Honda for a few years.  It was mildly interesting,
not nearly as much as some of the books have implied.  I stopped
going there when my best friend got knifed by an Angel because
he looked at his girlfriend wrong.  I took too much acid, and a
a little too much STP and needed a long vacation.  I inherited
300,000 from my Aunt when she died, so I went off to see the world.
I invested 250,000, and left the states for a while to visit
the middle east, and later the far east.  While I was there....

Oh, you just wanted to know my name, not my life story.  I'll
save that for another day.  Sorry.

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