Re: New Topic: Unwarranted Insults!!!!

From: Keith Parker <kgp8d@virginia.edu>

Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

RWULMAN wrote:
>
> Folks;
> I am really upset about the insults that are being hurled by a few
> individuals at those of us that are NEW, use AOL, or are from the USA. It
> seems that some people consider those of us that fit in one off these
> groups as some inferior beings.

What?!?

If we lose our right to make (gentle) fun of those with AOL accounts,
where do we turn?  WebTV?  Not common enough yet.

Seriously though, I think you're going to run into a problem if this
sort of thing offends you.  Like it or not, many AOL users are just not
up to the intellectual standards that are expected by many regular
Usenet posters.  This is no reflection on you, or any other intelligent
and mature AOL subscriber.  Unfortunately, AOL has the policy of sending
CD's allowing 50 free hours of net access via sorted mail.  Any ingrate
can hoard these up, and, thanks to AOL's policy on customer ID's, they
can post to multiple groups under multiple aliases for hundreds upon
hundreds of *free* hours.  IMO, that's where the AOL
discrimination/generalization arises.  Anyway, you probably won't be
able to escape the discrimination, so you'd better get used to it.  Or
change providers <g>.  Adios.  KP

--
Keith G. Parker, Ph.D.     |  Synthetic Chemistry
Department of Chemistry    |
University of Virginia     |  mailto://kgp8d@virginia.edu
Charlottesville, VA 22901  |  http://faraday.clas.virginia.edu/~kgp8d

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New Topic: Unwarranted Insults!!!!
rwulman@aol.com (RWULMAN)
Wed, 16 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

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New Topic: Unwarranted Insults!!!!
rwulman@aol.com (RWULMAN)
Wed, 16 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000