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"I like toys and cake" <somegeexer@aplace.aa> wrote in message
news:1090105666.31987.0@doris.uk.clara.net...
>
> "Listy" <britne_yspears@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2ltnglFgu4onU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > > > Please stop crosspotsing to our group or i will report you
> > > >
> > >
> > > Report me for what and to whom? Firstly you are cross-posting to
> my
> > > group so you would be a hypocrite for even thinking about it and
> > > secondly cross-posting is not forbidden, in fact it is
> specifically
> > > referred to as being OK in RFC 1855
> > >
> > > see
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html
> > >
> > > "If you feel an article will be of interest to more than one
> > > Newsgroup, be sure to CROSSPOST the article rather than
> individually
> > > post it to those groups."
> > >
> > > Also as I did not start this cross-posted thread and alt groups
> are
> > > unmoderated, even if there were rules against cross-posting, there
> is
> > > not much you can do to me.
> > >
> >
> > OK, I have now reported you to the internet for your abusive spam
> postings.
> >
> > Please respect this group.
> >
>
> As I stated, I have not broken any rules.
> The only body you could have reported me to is my ISP and as I have
> not broken any rules they cannot do anything.
> You never stated which group you subscribe to for me to remove it from
> the original posters list.
> I have never used abusive or offensive language.
> USENET is a medium for free discussion which is what I am doing.
> Your first reply in this thread was unhelpful and dismissive, people
> come to these groups for discussion and help. Simply pointing them to
> search engines is not in the spirit of USENET groups.
A simple search of Google Groups shows that in fact www.google.com has been
quoted 589,000 times on Usenet, more than any other single phrase. It would
seem that guiding people towards Google is precisely what Usenet exists for.
http://groups.google.com/groups?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=w
ww.google.com
> Nobody else seems to be bothered by my posts and if they are they have
> simply done what you should have done and either added me to their
> killfile or simply ignored the thread.
Two words: Off Topic.
> I thought seriously about returning the favour and reporting you to
> your ISP but you have not broken any rules either and besides, to do
> so would be stooping to your level.
No, *I* haven't broken any rules.
> I think perhaps you have found yourself out of your depth. Unable to
> offer a firm position in a discussion which arose because of your
> dismissive post, simply pointing someone who had asked for help to a
> search engine, you have had a juvenile tantrum. To quote one of your
> earlier posts in this thread "Someone's got sand in their knickers,
> haven't they?"
Let's hear it for Cornflake box psychology!
> I have now added you to my killfile so any late attempt at salvaging
> some kind of dignity for yourself will be wasted.
Yes, but you're actually reading this aren't you? You say you've added me
to your killfile, but in fact I know you are reading this with the morbid
curiosity usually reserved for car crashes or gaping wounds.
Of course, you're reading it from the local library as I had you deleted
from the internet but you're still reading it.
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