From northcut@mindspring.com Tue Nov 25 09:09:16 EST 1997 Subject: Re: hello From: Kent Stewart Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles a_kramer wrote: > > hello everyome! > > my name is michal and I am a big beatles fan . Hi michal! > I don't understand how to use news group so if someone can explane it to > me i will be very glad , I'm new at this and i really want to understand Well, it often works kind of like this: 1) post something innocent, simple, and sincere. 2) receive a shocking amount of abuse, ridicule, and incomprehensibly bitter demands for retraction. 3) be defended by somebody equally abusive who apparently didn't understand a word of what you had originally said either. 4) watch in awe as somebody you've never heard of before pops up to say how very much in character it was for the person who defended you to be stooping to such tactics. 5) note that half of the posts in the resulting flame war appear to be coming from someplace called alt.anxt.ZIBO!.auntiechrist.diediedie. 6) also note that for some reason several people not originally involved in the argument are for some reason attempting to work allusions to Hitler into their responses. 7) wonder what in the froggy blue eyed world is going on here. 8) repeat. No reason not to try, though. Welcome! -- Moderators accept or reject articles based solely on the criteria posted in the Frequently Asked Questions. Article content is the responsibility of the submittor. Submit articles to ahbou-sub@acpub.duke.edu. To write to the moderators, send mail to ahbou-mod@acpub.duke.edu.