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>From: ske@pkmab.se (Kristoffer Eriksson)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Manners (was: Robotic Follies)
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Date: 12 Feb 92 19:06:37 GMT
References: <1992Feb10.205727.3829@aisb.ed.ac.uk> <1992Feb11.122413.5016@nuscc.nus.sg> <1992Feb11.091313.8715@husc3.harvard.edu>
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In article <1992Feb11.091313.8715@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny) writes:
> Pro secundo, this is indeed a research group;

What is a "research group"? Never heard of it before.

> Pro tertio, I take great relish in *returning* verbal violence, and enjoy
>any professional display of malediction I understand that some people find
>this practice distasteful; however, this being a putative forum of free
>expression, I don't feel obliged to accomodate them.

There is a special news groups for that little hobby: alt.flame.

Although no one can force you to abstain from writing about whatever you
like in any nonmoderated news group, clearly such behaviour is contrary to
the purpose of having several hundred different news groups for different
topics, in stead of just one single group to cover everything.

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