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   XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: gmgraves@pacbell.net   
      
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    keved  wrote:   
      
   > > I've said it once, I'll say it again:   
   > >   
   > > I DON'T want the world to be Mac, I just want Mac in the world.   
   > >   
   > > I simply don't understand what Windows users and zealots are doing in this   
   > > Newsgroup. You can't post messages like "...the Mac Sucks" in the Mac   
   > > Advocacy group and then expect socially appropriate responses. When you   
   > > say inappropriate things like "the Mac sucks" then you will get similar   
   > > responses.   
   > >   
   > > Windows users, go away. We don't want you here. I'm sure you don't want us   
   > > in your newsgroups. It's not that we can't handle contrary opinions, it's   
   > > that it simply has no place here.   
   > >   
   > > Alfredo, you posted this knee-deep in a thread, in a Mac advocacy group.   
   > > What are you doing here, wading through our threads? Have you nothing   
   > > better to do? Do you think that someone is going to read your incredibly   
   > > brilliant diatribe and decide to go PC instead? Even if that happened,   
   > > then what? Do you get a spiff off of the sale?   
   > >   
   > > Go to your Windows newsgroups, and quit poking around in ours and leaving   
   > > insipid drivel. I promise I'll stay out of yours. And please don't give me   
   > > that "You guys post in our groups" argument. Didn't your mom ever tell you   
   > > that just because someone else does something, doesn't mean you should?   
   > > Like jumping off of a bridge?   
   > >   
   > > Please, go away, and don't come back. Ever.   
   >   
   >   
   > I thought the whole reason for comp.sys.mac.advocacy, and certainly   
   > alt.flame.macintosh were for debating the Mac platform.  CSMA certainly has   
   > been that way since I starting using it over 10 years ago.  What would this   
   > group be without counter posters, except for messages spouting, "go macs   
   > go!"  Postings for help or advice belong in other groups.   
   >   
   > Personally I like the debate when the threads haven't degenerated into the   
   > final solution (calling the opponent a  Nazi).  Hearing the opposing view is   
   > very helpful in learning about what those dedicated to platform find   
   > valuable and why.  It can also be a good place to learn how to do things on   
   > the other platform that you already know on your preferred platform of   
   > choice.   
      
   Agreed, but most of these Windroids don't offer an opposing view, they   
   just offer platform bigotry and spew hate. We live in a society where   
   people's natural bigotry (against other people) is curtailed by   
   political correctness and they need some outlet. They can't use the 'N'   
   word any more, they get ostracized when they ask: "Who the hell let all   
   of these Orientals in here?", so they take it out on minority computer   
   platforms. ;-)   
      
   --   
   George Graves   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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