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In Memory, : :: : : |_ _; Karl Marx
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,~~ : :::'istorted : `|| says:
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--)( : :::. :::: : || "Aufheben!"
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()= : :: :igital ::. rection : []
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HOOKAH! : :::' :::: :
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20 March 1994 : Text File #20 Mongoloid Telecom
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DISTORTED DIGITAL ERECTION AT #20!
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A milestone in Stark County telecommunications is found herein. This
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is for a number of exciting and delicious reasons. First, this is the
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twentieth edition of DDE ... something that forces people to be in
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a creative mindset. It fosters and develops something beyond beating
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your dick while downloading. And second, this issue in particular is
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important because it forges a new paradigm in telecom ... one that
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has been struggling to be born but hasn't yet had the chance. But
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FIRST!... a little more TCC fun, shall we?
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\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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The censorship infection continues! Finally, when a forum does get
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activity on TCC, they begin censoring all the posts! And here comes
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a TCC sub-op to justify the censorship. It's a hoot:
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Date: Tuesday, March 8, 1994 12:15pm /Hello
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From: Crayola Msg#: 156592
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To: Red
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Re: Poetry, cont. (1 reply)
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(Reply to #16)
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Red03-07-94Common Sense
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R>CR>Cindy,
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R>CR>I, for one, was glad to see a few of Baal's poems removed from the
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R>CR>poetry forum. I don't think any of us like censorship, but most of
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R>CR>us understand what material is suitable to be posted in the general
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R>CR>forums and what is not.
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R>CR>Perhaps, if more people would do things correctly in the first
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R>CR>place, other people wouldn't have to do it for them.
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R>CR>Thanks,
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R>CR>Cray
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R>CR>---
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R>CR><3E> CmpQwk #UNREG<45> UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY
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R> I personally dont
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R>believe in any kind of censorhip at all.... A person should be
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R>allowed to experess himself in a way he/she sees fit.... feelings
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R>arent censored so why mu
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R>st the things that come from these feeling be
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R>censored? one doesnt censore the emotion anger from himself so why
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R>must he hide or erase the work that comes from this feeling.... I am
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R>not a poet but I am a writer and the major thing i expand opun are
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R>feelings.... they capture the momemt.... the feeling.... This is waht
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R>I believe....
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R>THANKS! :)
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R> RED
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Red,
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I have decide to remove this topic from the Poetry Forum, since I feel
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that only poetry should be placed there. I will delete my original post.
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You can still read it, since it is quoted at the beginning of this post.
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Red, would you please read my original message, again. There is no
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mention about keeping "anyone" from writing "anything".
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You have the freedom to write what ever you wish, but with all things,
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there comes responsibility with that freedom.
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This BBS has restricted areas, as I'm sure you already know. <G> In
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these areas you can post anything you like as long as it doesn't hurt
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someone else, such as defamation of character, etc. To gain access to
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these areas, a person has to get permission from the sysops. And yes,
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these areas are restricted by age.
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This means that the general forums are open to all age groups.
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Therefore, all material posted has to be acceptable material for anyone
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under the age of 18, as Federal laws mandate. Yes, even BBS have Federal
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Rules and Regulations. At least this is my understanding of the rules of
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this BBS.
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I'm sure that you already know this. And I'm sure you don't agree. I do
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have a suggestion for all of you that are under 18 and feel a need to
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post such material. Perhaps you could ask one of the adults to post the
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material for you in the proper forum. Or maybe, you could talk to one of
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the sysops about ways you could U/L into one of the forums, if you don't
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have access to them. This would be the responsible thing to do.
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But that won't be as much fun, will it? I believe the whole ploy here
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was to have some fun & see how many people would get upset by these
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posts. Do I see some bad cases of "cabin fever" out there? <G>
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Please, next time you decide to yell about censorship, make sure you
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have been censored. Those who are responsible for their actions, find
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censorship a rare things these days, at least in our country. Seems to
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me, only trouble makers and the lazy yell censorship. And it usually
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works, they either stir up trouble or get somebody else to do what they
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should have done in the first place. Which is a real shame, because if
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we don't become a little more responsible for our own actions, we
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probably will see more censorship. So, like it or not, responsibility is
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your best defense against censorship, at least as I see it.
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As for feelings..they have lead to some incredible works of art &
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literature. On the other hand, if one does not control or "censor" their
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own feelings in certain situations, they may live to regret it. It is
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not always wise to react to feelings with out thinking of their
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consequences. You can read about it almost every night in the
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Repository. It happens right here in our own community...Angry parent,
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losses custody of kids: kills 3 children, x-spouse & self..."A person
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should be allowed to express himself in a way he/she sees fit".....
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In these cases? I hope not!
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OK, let's get the record straight....
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1. I am against Censorship....most of the time (still in parent mode)
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2. I am for Responsibility
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for ones self & actions....for it removes the
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need of Censorship by others.
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So, now am I as mean as your mom? <G>
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Cray
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---
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<EFBFBD> CmpQwk #UNREG<45> UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY
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Hear that kids? Only TROUBLEMAKERS and THE LAZY yell censorship.
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I think she has a problem deciding between murder and free speech.
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And for our next 20th ISSUE TCC FUN-TIME FEATURE, we have a TCC
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user who is having trouble in paradise. Bono, a TCC-olyte, had
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made plans for having a meeting for TCC users. He called it the
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TCC modem meeting or something like that. Well, the TCC staff
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just WASN'T going to stand for that! They told him that he was
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not permitted to use the acronym TCC or "Canton Connection" in
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advertising his meeting for them on TCC. Here's his response:
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Date: Friday, March 18, 1994 2:26pm /Hello
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From: Bono Msg#: 162922
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To: Chaos
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Re: April TCC Meeting? (1 reply)
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(Reply to #162889, Reply to #161907, Reply to #161870, R*)
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CH> I am sorry that you feel the way you do Bono. All that we asked is
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CH> that you save the TCC name for the people that MADE the name. We hold
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CH> a picnic every year in which alot of people work real hard to make it
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CH> a success. We just want to assure that we keep our picnics seperate
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CH> from the meetings that "just anybody" can put together.
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Hold it... get off your throne. You are talking down to me and the
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other users as though you are royalty. Do not do that. You are not.
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CH> Your actions in Teleconference last night DID NOT reflect the attitude
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CH> of someone who agrees with what we are asking. Please do not bend the
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CH> facts or the truth.
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That was between you and me. This does not have to be brought into a
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public forum.
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CH> #2: Just dont call it the TCC meeting, or TCC anything. Cuz it is not!
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CH> If you started a Bbs, would it be right for you to call it the
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CH> TCC #2? Well what then gives you the right to call your meeting
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CH> the TCC meeting?
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It is not that big of a deal. Obviously we dont
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Hold it! Let's see if YOU can understand THIS. TCC is NOT, I repeat,
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NOT a bunch of hardware and software. TCC is the people who use it,
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whether or not you'd like to consider us a part of your "empire". If I
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get a bunch of people together and call it a TCC meeting, it is no
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different than if I would get together a group of Browns fans and call
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it a Brown's backers tailgate party. Do the Browns get as upset about
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them using the name "Browns" as you do with "TCC"? No, and I think that
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the Browns have a much bigger reputation than this "BBS". What gives me
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the right? Hell, if you paid for stock in a company, you'd want to have
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some say so. We have all paid $25 for this BBS, so we should have some
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say so.
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CH>If anyone feels they need to better understand what we are saying, then
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CH>leave us mail. This is not a difficult one to figure out. We only asked
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CH>one thing. Honesty is the best policy. If someone tells you different
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CH>(in Tcon for example) and claims that we said more than listed above,
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CH>just ignore them and move on. Some people just need to mature a bit and
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CH>realize that the world does not revolve around them.
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Watch it! You're the one with the petty problem!
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(R)eply, (E)mail reply, follow (T)hread, (P)revious or (N)ext message?
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And now, ladies and gentlemen ... a nice rant/rave/manifesto on the
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new paradigm for telecom, as it relates to the Necropolis.
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The Necropolis is now an underground system. The number is private.
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The new user password, also, is private. As most people involved
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knew, it came down to having an open system and letting Larry Smith
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control my message bases or going private. This story is well
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known among all.
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However, a dangerous trend is seeping into the Necropolis. This
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cannot be found in any one individual ... rather it seems to be
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a tide coming in. This is the danger of elitism.
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The elitist mentality fosters itself when one group of people
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realize that they are doing something 'better' than someone else.
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It is the disease that infects Christian fundamentalists. It is
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the same affliction that people who think that they are the 'real
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alternative' get. They walk into the store sporting their blue
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hair and start bitching because the record store doesn't have
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the entire discography of Blood Monster Mushroom, an obscure
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band from San Francisco (i.e. "What do you mean you've never heard
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of them? They're so fucking rad!"). Anyway, back to the story.
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This elitism makes the group irrational. The dangers of the elitist
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mindset are very real. First of all, the elitism more than likely
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will create hypocrites out of the people involved. In the case of
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the Necropolis, I would hope that the idea of the Necropolis is
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one of the electronic community .... a subterranean telecom world
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that is akin to a rave or a Dead show. Second, elitism completely
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annihilates the appeal of the group's philosophy. No one likes to
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be talked down to. It is an utter turn-off. Third, elitism turns
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a group in general into assholes. It makes them confrontational,
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snobby and unlikeable.
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Now, how to stem this tide of elitist thinking? It must end where
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it began, obviously. I personally cannot force someone to think
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the way I want them to. I wouldn't want to even if I could. But
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what I can do is explain my idea of utopian telecom.
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My idea of the perfect telecom experience would be a diverse number
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of users who all participate in discussions regarding the useless,
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the meaningless, the meaningful, the silly and the serious. It
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would be - as I said - a fucking online Dead show. For those of
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you who have never had the luck to attend a Grateful Dead show,
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it is channeled through the country by a spirit of complete
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acceptance and everyone there is just 'cool.' I've offered people
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a cigarette and they're like, 'No, man, I got some ... you keep
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it for yourself.' That's the attitude. And that's the attitude
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I would want conveyed on the board.
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The function of a bulletin board is the intelligent transfer of
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information. It is the last way that a private citizen can truly
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form an underground base of ideas. Bulletin boards, if done
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properly, are completely uncensored, untouched (by the gov't)
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forums of discussion. Huge forms of information can be spread
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across the country in a matter of hours. I've always said that
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if I wanted to overthrow the U.S. Government, I would begin by
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creating a national network of private, secret bulletin boards
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that would facilitate all information exchange.
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I must admit - this asshole-free environment has not been often
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seen from me (Sorc). But in general, I try to be friendly. Or if
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not, I try not to say anything at all. But ideological opponents
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are different. I try to show them the errors of their way and
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then resort to what some would call juvenile forms of coercion.
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I'm obsessed with some twisted form of justice. I would love to
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write all about the information I have on Larry Smith: his home
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phone number, his address, his place of occupation, some really
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neat stories about his past, et cetera. I can't because of the
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law and whatnot.
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Anyway, allow me to apologize for the rambling nature of this
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essay. It is just being thrown together without much forethought.
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This is not to say that what it says is not what I think. I would
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like everyone who reads this to think about this new paradigm that
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can be forged out of what could potentially be a disaster.
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Thanks for reading.
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sorc/amphetamine gobbler
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`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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Distorted Digital Erection
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DDE is fully supported on the Necropolis BBS
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216.PRI.VATE - subterranean telecom - All TEXT!
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vaginal yeast infections are worse, much worse..
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Submissions are accepted. Send your t-file submission to Sorc, on
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the Necropolis. If using a new account, (I)nclude the file with
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the New User Application.
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CHECK for MORE Distorted Digital Erection in the NEAR future!
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TCC in CHECK! ... and assorted tales of erect rodentia!...
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NOW! Supported on Radio KAOS BBS - 216.830.4657
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DDE e-mail should be directed to Amphetamine Gobbler on Radio KAOS
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`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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