One time on Usenet, "cybercat" > said:
>
> "Little Malice" > wrote in message
> ...
> > One time on Usenet, Sheldon > said:
> >
> >> > In article >,
> >> > (Little Malice) wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > One time on Usenet, Janet Baraclough >
> >> > > said:=
> >>
> >> > > > The message >
> >> > > > from "cybercat" > contains these words:
> >> >
> >> > > > > Usenet IS a free-for-all. Whether it should be or not, it is, and
> >> > > > > it=
> >> has
> >> > > > > always been. It has not changed at all, except those who have
> >> > > > > used
> >> > > > > it for years are now more savvy.
> >> >
> >> > > > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDObviously you have not used it for years, or you
> >> > > > wo=
> >> uld be aware of
> >> > > > how much it has changed for the worse.
> >> >
> >> > > I had a similar thought. Usenet has NOT always been a "free-for-all".
> >> > > Not until AOL was loosed upon it, anyway. Anyone who was reading
> >> > > before then knows how much that changed things...
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >> With that kind of comment you must think black folks should ride in
> >> the back of the bus... you don't like change.
> >
> > What strange logic! Have you ever had a CAT scan?
> >
> >> People repeat nonsense
> >> often enough they believe it... I'm sure you have yourself convinced
> >> that your shit doesn't stink.
> >
> > Spoken like a true AOLer...
> >
>
> You misspelled "ASSHOLE."
>
> (stolen from Blake)

Heh! FWIW, I don't specifically dislike AOL users, just the ones
who refused to learn the rules of Usenet and the trolls who took
advantage of AOL's fluid "screen name" policy. (Get your account
yanked? Grab a free bisk* and you're back in the saddle.) And while
I do wish things were a bit more structured (like using OT for off
topic stuff), I don't particularly long for the old days. For one
thing, I'd miss many of the folks who post here now...

*http://www.anti-aol.org/faqs/aas/faq3.html

--
Jani in WA