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spam

On Jul 12, 9:21 am, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In message
> <b77b339c-e148-4476-a474-141111694...@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
>
> rickman <gnu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >spam
>
> *PLONK!*

I love the way that people who plonk others feel the need to inform
everyone of it. That ranks up there with, "I know what you are, but
what am I?"

wrote:
> rickman wrote:
>> I love the way that people who plonk others feel the need to inform
>> everyone of it. That ranks up there with, "I know what you are, but
>> what am I?"
>
> It is a matter of basic politeness and common courtesy. Without the
> plonk, the killfiled poster is left hanging in the wind, wasting his
> time writing responses that will never be read.
>
> If you were talking with a blind man, would you silently creep
> out of the room leaving him talking to the walls, or would you
> be polite and excuse yourself before leaving?

I think most people will want to be polite to a blind.

I very much doubt that the same applies to usenet posters
they want to plonk.

Arne

rickman wrote:
> spam

*Why* are you replying to spam messages like this? The spam in c.a.e.
usually costs me about 10-15 seconds a day pressing "K" for "kill
thread" on my newsreader - but your bizarre new habit has cost me far
more in trying to think out a rational explanation for your posts.