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Date: 15 Dec 1992 01:35:15 -0500 
From: MAXSTERLING@delphi.com
Subject: Internet Mail
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>>># Now, could we move that question to r.a.anime where it belongs?  :-)
>>I tried being on r.a.a. but I couldn't stand it.  Too many silly posts
>>about mecha shows. (irony noted) :) :)

>Whatever you intended to say -- please, please do not move anime 
>discussions here.  That way lies madness ..

My "irony noted" comment was meant to recognize, in a self-effacing way,
that my question could be construed as a "silly post about [a] mecha
show"--the very thing that I am criticizing about r.a.a.

>The topic in this group is manga, and for the most part, that tends to 
>mean manga that are not commercially available in translated form (since 
>rec.arts.comics.misc is available for Eclipse/Dark Horse comics like
>APPLESEED).  The latter point is not official policy or an unofficial 
>rule of any kind, just a tendency.  Most of the high-volume posters 
>read Japanese comics in Japanese (or use net-provided translations).

I did not mean to discuss anime-specific items here.  I thought that the
Knight Sabres had once appeared in the AD Police manga and that I would,
thereby, squeak by on a technicality.  As for Appleseed, I thought that
discussion of any manga, whether published in the U.S.A. or not, was
appropriate.  I stand corrected.  I have been duly chastised. :(

>However, please note that this group is *not* just a lower-volume version 
>of r.a.a.  I treasure the relatively high signal-to-noise ratio in r.a.m.
>Too many tangential discussions and we'll wind up duplicating the r.a.a 
>fiasco .. I don't think *anyone* wants that ..

I also appreciate the "high signal-to-noise ratio" here.  That's why I
reccommend this list to friends and downplay r.a.a. to them.  If I had it
to do over again, I would have subscribed to r.a.a., posted my questions,
and then signed off after they had been answered.     


>Max,
>
>congrats for internet access.  A few things, please post anime related
>messages on rec.arts.anime.  rec.arts.manga is not the right place to
>discuss Bubblegum Crisis.

As I said above, I thought it would be okay since the Knight Sabres had once
appeared in a manga.  That's why I referred to them as the "Knight Sabres"
and made no mention of the title "Bubblegum Crisis".  Perhaps if I had
preceeded my original question with the words "In the manga, 'AD. Police
25:00'..." then you and others would have known that I was not insensitive
to the difference between r.a.m. and r.a.a.

>Also all of your posts have 'internet mail' as the subject.  A bit vague,
>could you change it to have something to do with the text of the message?
>This will probably save you a lot of unecessary flames and other
>unpleasantries.

The subject lines are put there by the third-party front-end software that
I am using on my pc.  I have complained to the software vendor about the
problem and hope there will be a fix for it soon.  It is not a quirk of
Delphi, nor is it my attempt at being annoying (it seems I can be plenty
annoying without even intending to be).  As for flames, we seem to have a
"nice" little one going right here, but I hope I have made my intentions
clear (i.e. defended myself) without fanning them further.  I never meant
to offend.  If I have offended anyone, I am sorry.

And here I thought it would be my post about "lemon" fan fiction that would
cause flames.  Maybe I should just stick to discussing that.

Just kidding. :)

Scott Baker
maxsterling@delphi.com
"the guy who's annoying without intending to be"
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga