From: ravi@maxine.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.sysadmin,news.newusers.questions,soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Sysadmin Abusing Usenet Privileges
Date: 15 Oct 1992 20:14:58 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: maxine.wpi.edu

In a previous article, Shyamala Parameswaran <U15297@uicvm.uic.edu> said:
:- 
:- Hello. What does one do when when a sysadmin himself posts
:- obnoxious stuff on usenet?

	usually i would advice you to ignore such posts. "obnoxious" is
	a very loosely defined term. a person being a sysadmin has no
	relevance to the issue in either case.

	since the person happens to be me, i will also clarify that to
	be accurate i am a teaching assistant.

:- In a previous article, U15297@uicvm.uic.edu (Shyamala Parameswaran) said:
:- :- Wpi seems to be infested, certainly.

	now i suppose that doesn't sound obnoxious in any way???

:-         ps: this flame has been brazenly left without smiley captioning,
:-         since her given word (about responding to posts) prevents return
:-         flaming ;)

	did you pause to read the above line before over-reacting????
	notice all the exclamations at the end of my sentences???
	ever heard of a "flame"?? ever heard of humour? fine, if mine
	doesnt agree with yours, you are always welcome to ignore it.

	while i am sorry to waste further bandwidth on this matter, i
	feel i should include here my response to your post, on s.c.i.


From: ravi@maxine.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Abuse of Usenet Privileges

In a previous article, U15297@uicvm.uic.edu (Shyamala Parameswaran) said:
:- 
:-    with posts from people like you!!! luckily it will all expire
:-    pretty soon! and if you continue to make comments like this, so
:-    will you!!!!
:- 
:-    have a nice day tomorrow. the rest of your life is going to be
:-    pretty tough!
:- 
:- I have been suitably advised by one administrator and another
:- consultant that on the basis of the above lines alone, I could
:- file charges.

	haven't you forgotten to include one section of my post? the one
	that quoted your article which said "WPI is obviously
	infested"?? can't you make out a return flame when you see one?
	anyway, you are welcome to follow whatever advice you get from
	anyone. this thing is getting ridiculously out of hand!

:- Of course, it depends entirely on how you choose to respond next.

	well here's my response. its your problem if you can't separate
	threats to you (or harassment or whatever you choose to call it)
	from flames on newsgroups. i do not have to prove any intent,
	but if it would make you feel better, i will assure you that i
	have neither the time nor the inclination to mean anything but
	humour in the above reply of mine (as quoted by you). however,
	you are welcome to not take my word on the matter (which should
	have been obvious anyway) and to go ahead and take whatever
	action you deem necessary.

:- News.admin groups are aware of your being a sysadmin.

	i have no idea what the above statement means. are you referring
	to the newsgroup "news.admin"? what difference does their
	knowing anything make? also, to be accurate, i am a teaching
	assistant, and not a sysadmin, whatever relevance that may have
	to this.

	i know you haven't asked me, but i strongly suggest you get a
	sense of humour!!!

	peace,

	- ravi


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