From: C.L.Gannon@newcastle.ac.uk (C.L. Gannon)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: THIS IS NOT AN APOLOGY
Date: 25 Jan 93 09:37:52 GMT
Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU.


In article <1jpabpINNi02@shelley.u.washington.edu>, bigstar@hardy.u.washington.edu (J Paschel) writes:
>C.L.Gannon@newcastle.ac.uk (C.L. Gannon) writes:
>
>
>>       well what a fun week i'm having. i reply to an 
>>       article in a reasonable manner and get this reply
>>       e mailed to me :
>
>
>> 
>>Subject: Re: Indie dance thing is happening in Lond 
>
>>> From dmor@dcs.ed.ac.uk Fri Jan 22 13:14:57 1993
>>> Subject: Re: Indie dance thing is happening in Lond
>>> 
>>> 
>>> > Let's just hope that Michale Stipe goes the same way as Freddie Mercury.  Soon.
>>> 
>>>   Im sorry, but was there any need at all for this comment. If one Manic Street
>>> Preacher wants to say it in a brain dead moment, then that's bad. If anyone else
>>> wants to go around repeating it like it's a cool thing to say (or OK because a MSP
>>> said it) then they have a serious mental problem.....
>>>   Whether you like either of them or not (I dont either) there really is no excuse
>>> for a comment like this.
>>>   No marks this time, try again later.
>>> "alternative IS mainstream"
>>> 
>
>>        well we do get some interesting replies don't we? so for
>>        delight and delectation ( and also for any others that came 
>>        to the same conclusion as this poor misguided fool i have 
>>        included the reply i have sent to him (complete with spelling
>>        mistakes) :
>
>>       erm yeah, just one question, why was this sent to me?
>>       if you look at the original article you will notice
>>       that i did not write this comment, and as far as i
>>       can remember i did not agree to it or express any opinion
>>       in connection with it. If it was included in my 
>>       followup article it was merely becuse i couldn't be 
>>       bothered to delete it. maybe you were just looking for 
>>       some kind of arguement (i don't know ) butr one last 
>>       time I DID NOT WRITE THE COMMENT.
>
>
>>       however if you are still unconvinced by my protestation of
>>       innocence i will say that, whilst i readilly admit to
>
>>       a) not liking the music of Queen
>>       b) not liking much of the REM stuff
>>       c) being a great fan of the english wind up
>
>>       I do not find the comment funny, witty, tasteful or
>>       remotely intelligent.
>
>>       the remark may well have been intended as a wind up
>>       but i don't know who the person was who originated it
>>       (neither do i want to know them) and i in NO WAY EVEN
>>       WANTED TO REPEAT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED. 
>
>
>>       this is not an apology as i have nothing to apologise for
>>       however i am waiting for the apology from you for getting
>>       your facts hoplessly wrong,(also why would i need to mimic
>>       someone elses comment ? i can manage perfectly well on my
>>       own.).
>
>Don't worry people, the above isn't supposed to make sense..after all,
>they're British :)
>
>-- 
>'You can't go wrong with cocktail weenies!  They taste as good as they
>look, and they come with this delicious red sauce.  It looks like ketchup. 
>It tastes like ketchup.  But brother, it ain't ketchup!"- Homer J. Simpson
>	       >>> === bigstar@u.washington.edu === <<<



    hey arsehole it made sense to me and only a dumb yank like yourself
    (i'm not saying all yanks are dumb) could fail to undestand it.

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