Re: Quittin' time... [Was: some more Pete-bashing ;)]
From Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
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· 13 Jun 1997 00:00 · View full thread
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salesman (sal...@g-grids.demon.co.uk) wrote: >In article <Pine.A32.3.93.970611010301.25540B- >100...@kitts.u.arizona.edu>, "A. Taylor" <ata...@U.Arizona.EDU> waffles >on >>On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, Veronica Karlsson wrote: >> >>[lovely art used for childish spat snipped] >> >>I haven't been following this ascii-artist war that closely, but I do know >>that most of the involved parties have childishly thrown insults (embedded >>within great art) that have filled up this newsgroup with an awful lot of >>spam and flame wars. I'm sure I'm not the only one that asks for a peace; >>if not, take the bitter derogative comments back to personal email and out >>of the newsgroup. Please bring your art back to something we can admire, >>and not the hurtful kindergarten spats that's been going on for too long; >>don't force us to unsubscribe from the newsgroup. I enjoy ALL ascii- >>artists here, but your personal problems are overshadowing this talent -- >>as my grandmother says, "If you can't say something nice, don't say >>anything at all." >> >>A. > Come on get out of the 1680's and into the 1990's. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. ,' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `. ; `. ( " I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new ) `. situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be .' ) for creating the illusion of progress while producing ( ,' confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization. " `. ( ) : - Petronius Arbiter (circa A.D. 60) ; `. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. ,' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' > No one cares anymore (well maybe there are still one or two) if a > sig is more than 4 lines; Is this the Sig to end all Sigs ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | + | | | | | __- | JOIN THE CAMPAIGN TO STAMP | | ____----- | OUT SIGNATURES! _____---_-- Simon Travaglia, University of \ Send this form, along /\---/ Waikato, Private Bag 3105, | with your name and $412.00 | Hamilton, New Zealand + to me at the address noted. | _ ____-------_____ / \_____-- -_____-- >SPLAT< ----_____-- "This is a country where people are free to practice their religion, regardless of race, creed, color, obesity, or number of dangling keys..." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bye,
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,bf603b46869654de X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: cfb...@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite) Subject: Re: Quittin' time... [Was: some more Pete-bashing ;)] Date: 1997/06/13 Message-ID: <5nqcdm$tr3$3...@mnementh.southern.co.nz>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 248048508 Distribution: world References: <339...@sm.luth.se.nospam> Organization: Southern InterNet Services Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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