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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 13 Jun 1997.
Re: Quittin' time... [Was: some more Pete-bashing ;)]

Re: Quittin' time... [Was: some more Pete-bashing ;)]

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.


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> 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 ?

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From: cfb...@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite)
Subject: Re: Quittin' time... [Was: some more Pete-bashing ;)]
Date: 1997/06/13
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