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Warning!  Half-baked idea ahead...

In article <draperk-1310951949170001@isis.io.com>, draperk@io.com (Draper Kauffman) writes:
|> In article <45ikmh$kcv@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov>, dave@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov (Dave
|> Hayes) wrote:
|> 
|> > For the record, this isn't about the gateway anymore. It's about the
|> > professed netiquitte everyone is supposed to have and how that seems
|> > to supplant the regular ol' fashioned politeness some of us were
|> > raised with.
|> > 
|> > Geez, the person just wants to communicate with others.  Why are you
|> > and your ilk (of which I am sadly a part) trying to control this so
|> > much?
|> 
|> Because said user chose to communicate at the top of her lungs, in a
|> shrewish tone of voice, citing all sorts of imaginary "rights" she hadn't
|> paid for and that weren't granted to her by any court or legislature. 
|> Because she didn't bother to get her facts straight before screaming in
|> everyone's face.  Because she flamed a highly respected and hard-working
|> Internet administrator for doing what _her_ provider recommended he do, as
|> a result of garbage inflicted on Usenet by other people on _her_ site. 
|> And because people who built the Net out of their sweat, enthusiasm, and
|> generosity don't care a whole lot for people who loudly and offensively
|> claim that they're entitled, as a legal right, to use resources created by
|> others. 
|> 
|> Let's see...did I leave anything out?  :)


Yes!  You haven't read her letters, have you?  (;


**Anyway**  From reading the postings, it's not obvious anyone knows who
Catherine Yronwode is.  (Or rather, was, since this is dated information.)
CY was an editor for Eclipse Comics (I **think** it's out of business after
the great B&W implosion) and wrote letters to comic books in terms not unlike
those she's written on the net.  Her columns are less... demanding.

So.  If you're now unhappy with her behavior, and don't mind dipping down
to her level, waste your time on the comics newsgroups on finding out what
she does, then calling an Internet boycott of whatever comic book company
she works for (no guarantees that she's still in the business).


Not that I'm suggesting it, of course...



Cedric.