XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism   
   From: potts@iinet.net.au   
      
   "Erik"  wrote in message   
   news:opsa0773l32kedvn@datorn.bredbandsbolaget.se...   
   > 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".   
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   > >>   
   > >> 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.   
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   > >> Bee.   
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   > >> [I have found my Shangri-La in ntlworld.]   
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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...   
      
   Place wouldn't be the same without him (G)  Rgds Ken   
      
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