From: franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin)
Subject: Re: Flaming Etiquette: Go Git 'Em, Fang! (growrrr....)
Followup-To: alt.flame
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 22:34:24 GMT

In article <BtrIBz.Js1@rice.edu> andsol@owlnet.rice.edu (Andrew J. Solberg) writes:

>This is a post geared at complete and total wet-behind-the-ears newbies.

   Who says it's not written by one?

>Remember, just because you have been posting to alt.flame for years does
>NOT make you a non-newbie.

   As well, just because you think you're a professional alt.flame'r doesn't
exclude the fact that you are a jackass.

>dirty catheter in the medical depository of Usenet suggests strongly that
>you have yet to graduate from the ranks of the clueless and inferior.

   Whereas our friend Andrew has slithered beneath the ranks of clueless
and inferior to such lowly status as I have never seen before.

>Ask me a question.

Sure - why are you so clueless? 

>[Andrew's guide to flaming]
>
>     1) Make it personal
   I disagree with this. Personal does not necessarily mean funny,
and funny does not necessitate personal. You see, everyone's wit will
have a personal flavor to it metaphorically speaking. Your flavor
is dry with a bitter aftertaste with a rinse of ennui.

>     2) Don't *take* it personal.
   True enough! One should NEVER give a flying shit about what other
people post. If you start posting in "vengeance" rather than in "fun",
then you're fighting a losing battle right away.

>     3) Take your time. 
   I don't agree with this I'm afraid. Taking your time does not
promote spontanaeity which most alt.flame'rs appreciate. You see, 
a well crafted flame is fueled more by intellect and "quick repartis" than
through time and effort. Now matter how many times you run your flame
through /usr/bin/ispell, it's not going to get any better. True alt.flamers
overook typos and grammar, and instead absorb the concepts and sheer
rudeness and cutting wit of the article.

>        "MY FANS WILL *LOVE* IT!!!!"

  Ack! Dear FlameGod! A true flamer doesn't want fans. In fact, I suggest
that a true alt.flamer who is honestly having fun and at home has NO fans.
The less fans a Flamer has, the more people has has against him! The
greater the challenge, the larger the rewards. A target rich environment
of blubbering idiots has always been an enjoyable scenario for me.

>     4) NEVER, EVER follow-up to garbage.
   Ack, I just failed miserably on that one. But then again, you post
"special" garbage Andrew, so perhaps it does nto qualify.

>     5) There are some people who, no matter how hard they try, cannot
>        muster up a worthwhile flame.

   Hmm - this has a ring of self-experience to it Andrew. Is that the case?
(Oh, maybe I shouldn't ask questions - have I gone back in your killfile?
This heavily populated KILLFILE probably has every USENET poster in it
except for yourself.)

>     6) Anything is game. 

   Well said - as the great Pope John Paul II should have said:
"Play ball, and may the good guys win!"


steve
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