From: mikeh@starnine.com (Mike Haas)
Subject: Re: Advocacy? What do you want for the Amiga?
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 02:24:18 GMT
Distribution: world,public
Organization: StarNine Technologies, Inc.
Keywords: Spam AGA Amiga

In article <1gsupqINN3st@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> dstuve@storm.CS.ORST.EDU (David Stuve) writes:
>[As I do my yearly check-in to advocacy to see if it's improved
>its intellectual tone from last year's 10-year-old-mentality]

I wondered why the "intellect meter" dropped back down to the 10-year-old
mark...

I hadn't seen it so low for about a year!

>
>Let's see -- a big thread entitled "AGA software wish list"  ooh, maybe
>there's hope.  What's this?  It's all about large breasts and nursing
>positions?

Yeah, one (two) of my favorites, too.  UU

>
>Hmmm... Articles about guns... Redneck presidents...  People discussing
>IBM, dweebs with OS/2 and Windows valiantly defending their platform
>(lord knows why they should feel so insecure, given their market share.)

I too think it's important to lessen the incidence of discussion of
IBM machines and on to more important things like politics & religion.

BTW, never seen a redneck president, but after some of the controversy
about cabinet appointments and Chelsea's school, Clinton's pretty
red-faced!

>
>Nice job folks.  I'm disappointed that .advocacy can't measure up to
>any of its potential.

What?  That's the groups charter... to not live up to its potential!

>Perhaps its time we had a comp.sys.amiga.flames
>group where all of our 10-year-old wannabies can have their little fits,
>and others can flame about breasts, guns, Perot, taxes, and MS-DOS machines.

Maybe even one for those who want to complain about all the BS in a newsgroup
that was designed to be a repository for BS.

(and your post sure increased the BS level!)

>
>As a Christmas present to me and the rest of the developer community,
>can't we talk about what we like to use our Amigas for, and what
>software/hardware people would like to see for our favorite computer?

Sure, and just about anything else.

Remember how .advocacy got started?  "Damn... all this crap
being posted to the technical newsgroups is a drag... can't
even navigate around anymore... someone outta do something!"

Thus was born c.s.a.a, standing tall with an inscription...

"Bring us your tired, your poor, your bitching, complaining,
 and other various crap discussion..."

So don't start bitchin' about it, or you may see it back in
YOUR favorite technical newsgroup.

You had the right idea for about a year... if you don't like
it, stay away!

<chuckle>... your "can't we just talk about what we like..."
moaning above...sorry... but the picture just popped into my
mind...

   As Rodney King approaches the microphone, the crowd hushes
   in anticipation of what words he might utter to stop the
   senseless behaivior of the comp.sys.amiga.advocay vigilantes...

   "...can't we just talk about what we like to use our Amiga's for?
   And what software/hardware people would like to see?...
   Can't we just get along?"

See... ain't .advocacy FUN???

>
>The Amiga may not have the largest market share, the most programs,
>the largest developer base, or the most rational parent company (Merry
>Christmas C=,) but it always was, and always will be ... a great computer.
>
>Hopefully in the years to come, the users will be happy, developers will
>make money, and we'll all have fun.  That's what really matters, doesn't it?
>

Hell no.  What really matters are large breasts.

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