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Philip Wainwright (Philip@wwright.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: In article <38okac$m3c@inferno.mpx.com.au>
:            rosiex@jolt.mpx.com.au "Rosie Cross" writes:

: Well, thought I had experienced the worse of cyberspace.
:  
: But no, Dwayne has successfully dragged the net down to new sub-level of 
: rotting, festering garbage, of which he (and people like him) can 
: only achieve. 

You *are* kidding, right? Neo-nazis. Hackers. Anti-black propaganda. The
War on Some Drugs. Anti-semitism. Male/Female hatred. Conservative
reactionary loonies.  Lefty loonies. Paedophilia. Racism abounds. And
yet, by saying the ooh-so nasty 'f' word which we can read in daily
newspapers and hear on the TV and radio every day, I've dragged the net
down to "(a) new sub-level of rotting, festering garbage"???

Get a grip, will you?

: My 2 cents worth -

: 'Flaming' is invadable, and (dare I say it), could be used in a 
: constructive manner, by 'prodding' the 'flaimee' into revealing 
: more of their opinions, and adding to the argument. 

I had no desire to hear her opinions. I was making a comment on her
personality.  The worth of her opinions flows on from that.

: ( Of course, I could be talking rotting garbage here :-) 
: and will probably be made aware of it :-( )

: But their is a line (where it exists is a matter of opinion), of which
: I truly believe, "Dwayne" has crossed. 

Ooooh, because I said a nasty word? What, pray tell, is the difference
between flaming someone using swear words, and using 'nice' language,
other than politeness? The sentiment is the same. Sounds like hypocrisy
to me: "You can tell people that my mother has sex with maggot-ridden
camels from outer space, and that's okay, but you said b*gger and f&ck,
and THAT'S GOING TOO FAR!"

Hmph.

:Rosie,I could say, that your opinions are wrong, and that you ramble on a bit.

Look out, she'll mail your sysadmin.

:This is only my opinion,of which, could be a pile of aforesaid rotting garbage,
:but at least I have made my opinion known, in a constructive manner, using
:polite language.

Which therefore makes it allright.

:To further qualify (and complete the construction),I could politely recommend


It really is my name, you know.

:put his point across in a more polite, and constructive manner. 


I coouldn't be bothered wasting the bandwidth. It kind of summed upwhat
I wanted to say, really.

:2. Criticizing you, yourself, personally (in a very personal manner).

Which was precisely my point.

: However, the real entity on trial here is attitude, language, 
: and Dwayne, who has truly lost on both accounts.

Well, given the votes for and against me so far, your opinion is
definately in the minority.

: Dwayne if you're reading this, you know what, It's really easy to use
: 'good' language, but of course you don't know. So, stay in your dark hovel,
: and don't darken the net, until you adult enough to use language properly.

Aha! I've replied to this before, but without all of the preamble.

Umm, yah boo sux to you, and people in glass houses, etc. I mean, so
occasionally I use rude words, but at least I can string words together
properly.

Dwayne.

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