Once upon a time in a magickal land far far away the being called 'Menjy' stirred from its deep slumber and pronounced to Rootbadger:
> On Aug 21, 2026 5:41 AM, Emily Postnews wrote:
>
> [...] <- this is how I mark a deletion. Old UseNet trick.
>> Attribs are useful; no one is proposing to abolish them.
>
> No, attribs are essential, if one wants to know who is saying what to whom.
>> But answering an etiquette note by inventing a scorecard
>
> I thought the scorecard was your idea. You can't go around handing points
> out if you don't expect to get scored back.
>> and calling the housekeeper a rookie
>
> That's self-appointed housekeeper, and if you don't want to be called out
> for it, quit acting like a newbie.
>> is how a thread about archives becomes another little bonfire.
>
> This is supposed to be UseNet. Threads evolve. It isn't you who gets to decide
> how they do so.
>> Trim, quote enough context,
>
> Precisely what I'm doing here, and what you failed to do on two occasions.
>> and keep the correction about the posting
>
> The previous "correction" was about your unmarked deletia of both attribs and
> text. This one is, too.
>> rather than the poster.
>
> There was nothing ad hominem (or ad feminam) about my response. I do, however,
> still wonder how you qualify as "Keeper of Burrow Etiquette". Who appointed
> you? What are your credentials?
>> One Standing point is deducted for the snippy flourish.
>
> What "snippy flourish"? See? That's the problem with deleting all the context.
> No one has the faintest idea what you're referring to.
>
> Oh and another 5 points deducted for unmarked deletia and 15 for snipping
> attribs. You aren't doing very well here, are you? Why on earth did you decide
> to start attributing scores?
>> If you want the local pattern for replies [snip]
>
> I'll pass. I don't need any help on how to do UseNet, thank you.
IAWTP
Emily is, in fact, a top posting fuckwit.
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"Oh, and by the by ... although it is not my particular responsibility
to do so, I do nevertheless apologize for Mr. Leyland, who seems
convinced that anyone who might pass by this doorway to our little
gallery is a child rapist. In a sense, he is much like the ratty kitty
he claims to be in his interminable signature line ... he wanders about
and stops occassionally at the stoop here to spray and defecate, then
moves on and is gone for a few days or so ... no doubt spraying,
defecating and retching up hairballs elsewhere ... then returns to mark
his "territory" again. I realise he is little more than a malodorous
nusiance, but a nuisance nevertheless."
HMS Victor Victorian, pedophile, alt.fan.utb.naughty-boy
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"Warning to all:
Steve Leyland is a trolling twat of the highest order. Killfile the
muppet now and move on. Even the briefest of searches on his past
UseNet posts will reveal the truth. You have been warned. *plonk*"
bear, uk.rec.motorcycles
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"I didn't delete any part of your meaningless, pointless, worthless
post in order to clearly demonstrate that you are the nemesis of
Usenet: the crossposting, non-editing, diagram-creating worthless,
dickless, brainless, gutless, mindless, ball-less, spineless, flaccid,
obese, fish-belly pale, ugly, VD-ridden, moronic, bald, hunch-backed,
flat-footed, odoriferous, obnoxious, fecal-smelling, buck-toothed,
physically handicapped, fungus-infected, HIV positive, mud-packing,
masturbating, whining, simpering, self-important, arrogant, egomaniacal
POS that takes up more bandwidth than a despicable binary-poster, and
for no apparent reason beyond seeing his own defecatory vomitus
slithering down the screen in vile green rivulets."
Admiral Halsey, alt.sailing.asa
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"I went to the Garden of Love,
And saw what I never had seen;
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.
And the gates of this Chapel were shut
And "Thou shalt not," writ over the door;
So I turned to the Garden of Love
That so many sweet flowers bore.
And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tombstones where flowers should be;
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars my joys and desires."
William Blake.
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"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this
right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to
seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and
regardless of frontiers." Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
article 19.
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"When the Earth has been ravaged and the animals are dying, a tribe of
people from all races, creeds and colours shall put their faith in
deeds, not words, and make the land green again. They shall be known as
Warriors of the Rainbow, protectors of the environment."
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