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jonc@holli.com (Jon C. Bousum) wrote:

>I am a very sorry for apparent abuse of these newsgroups.  I am
>relatively new to the internet/www.  I have seen the term "SPAM" many
>times on the few newsgroups that I had visited but never knew what it
>meant.  I thought that ads were common and accepted.  Boy, was I
>wrong!  I have received a ton of e-mail from angry newsgroup readers
>and I accept the blame and frustration vented in those letters.

>It will take a while to post this apology to the approx. 150 newsgroup
>I "SPAMMED."  I have to scan them to remember which ones I sent my ad
>to.

>Thank you for taking the time to read this apology,

>Jon of Northrope Books, a division of Shiloh Communications.
>p.s. Those letters worked!  I'll never advertise in an inappropriate
>newsgroup again.  Keep writing them when you are "SPAMMED."

Don't beat yourself up too much just because some asshole gives you
grief.  I have been on the net for a while and still can't get anyone
to tell me what spam really means.  And don't think for a moment that
the world is going to come to an end just because you misplace by
accident, or on purpose an article.  If that is all they have to worry
with then in the words of the immortal Bette Midler "fuck 'em if they
can't take a joke, and fuck 'em if they can.  If the public can make
you feel sorry for what you say, that is the best way to shut you up.
I have also been a victim of having allowed my self to be crude,
sometimes too crude online, but we all learn from our mistakes, and
when you think an apology is the best rememdy, it may actually be
premature.