XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism   
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   On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 07:39:48 -0400, 8 |  wrote:   
      
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   > "Bee"  wrote in message   
   > news:M%uIc.326$Gl6.147@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...   
   >> Harlan Osier wrote:   
   >> > ...the Netcops.These people usually are oppressed   
   >> > ones in real-life and have created their own rules in "their"   
   >> > newsgroups.In "their" newsgroups, they are "the boss", the "police   
   >> > chief", "the sheriff in town".   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Yes, I have seen them at work.  The name, Netcops, is new to me, but   
   >> they do behave as you described.  Extraordinarily foul and aggressive   
   >> language is their weapon.  They pick their victims as they choose.  One   
   >> gang, for example, hangs out in the MS Windows XP (General) newsgroup.   
   >> These are the hoodlums of the cyber world.  Their formation, antics and   
   >> background would be interesting topics in a Sociology research project.   
   >>   
   >> Bee.   
   >> --   
   >> [I have found my Shangri-La in ntlworld.]   
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   >> --   
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   >   
   > foul language?   
   > that would be moonshadao.   
   > he sets the standard here.   
   > how many otherwise valuable   
   > contributors has he turned off.   
   > what surprises me is how many   
   > are sympathetic to his cause.   
   > i guess the usa is so rank   
   > with xian proselytizers and   
   > new-agers that this ng must seem   
   > like the place to get back at them.   
   > what a waste of an otherwise   
   > friendly, tolerant and peaceful place.   
      
   I think he has an extremely valuable role here in a.p.t. , but i guess   
   it's a matter of perspective as usual...   
      
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