RE: [Leica] [No Leica] Legal Links (?)

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

   Whoever wrote the grossly offensive message below owes apologies all
>      around, and especially to Tina!
>
>      Art Peterson
>      Alexandria, VA

 Or, put another way - Who is this asshole and who ever you are, you have
absolutely no concept of what this list - or, for that matter, civil
discourse - is all about!

B. D. Colen
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> Subject: [Leica] [No Leica] Legal Links (?)
> Author:  leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at Internet
> Date:    12/14/98 8:50 AM
>
>   *Fer one; it is a miserable waste of band width to clip the ENTIRE
> message and repost it in response (as demonstrated here.)
>   *Fer two; whatever you're using for mail is posting TWO versions of
> the same thing when you do.  It's that nuisance "MIME" thing.  FIX IT,
> please, before you post again.
>   *Fer three; if the subject is being debated so hotly on PhotoPro, why
> bring it over here?  Perhaps to increase your traffic (hence the MANY
> click thrus prominently displayed within your messages?)  [Curious,
> there are almost as many click thrus in the Manley messages as there are
> in the 24 ASPH FS messages!]
>   *Fer four; since it contained NO Leica information it is considered
> proper to note same in the Subj: area (as you can see from my effort
> above.) People can then SKIP the meaningless drivel for the more
> important meat of the NG.
>
>   If being 'maligned' with a site you find objectionable is so terrible,
> change your URL or drop it all together.  Or, on the other hand, maybe
> you could remove the material they find so provocative?  Have you paused
> to consider you might be promulgating the 'problem' after all?
>
> I apologize to everyone for compounding the issue by this netiquite
> demonstration, but maybe we can ALL learn from it??
>
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