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Re: The Attack

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On 21/10/2026 19:27, Hibou wrote:
> Le 21/10/2026 à 10:35, Stefan Ram a écrit :
>>
>>    It seems one vile poster, "The Starmaker", has intentionally off-
>>    topic crossposted one post "Re: Fat books" to sci.physics.relativity,
>>    and then a herd of people (Adam Funk, Aidan Kehoe, Blaine, Bobbie
>>    Sellers, BobbieSellers, Charles Hope, Dimensional Traveler, Hibou,
>>    J. J. Lodder, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson, Nuno Silva, Ross Fin-
>>    layson, Scott Dorsey, Steve Hayes, Titus G, Tony Cooper, Torbjorn
>>    Lindgren, and William Hyde), who were not able to control neither
>>    their newsreader, followed suit and abused sci.physics.relativity
>>    by about 72 off-topic posts.
>>
>>    Folks! Each time you send a post, check your "Newsgroups:" header!
> 
> 
> There's a reasonable request clumsily expressed. (For myself, I find I 
> cannot brook the accent of the imperative mood, to misquote the Bard.)
> 
> "Attack", "herd", "not able to control", "abused" - and not a 'please' 
> in sight - all examples of poor English usage, in a way.
> 
> I pass over the "neither". Personne n'est à l'abri de l'erreur, as they 
> say, and that looks like incomplete editing. I expect we've all been 
> guilty of it. I know I have.

Furthermore, I find my teeth curling at that "Folks!" form of address.

-- 
Sam Plusnet
(Yes, the use of that phrase was deliberate.)

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The Attack ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-10-21 09:35 +0000
  Re: The Attack Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-21 18:02 +0800
    Re: The Attack ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-10-21 10:07 +0000
      Re: The Attack Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-21 18:12 +0800
        Re: The Attack ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-10-21 10:23 +0000
          Re: The Attack ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-10-21 10:31 +0000
            Re: The Attack Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 08:55 -0700
              Re: The Attack The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-21 11:59 -0700
          Re: The Attack Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-21 18:32 +0800
        Re: The Attack The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-21 11:50 -0700
    Re: The Attack Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-10-21 21:24 +1100
      Re: The Attack kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-10-21 11:08 -0400
        Re: The Attack Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> - 2026-10-22 14:17 +0000
          Re: The Attack scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-10-22 15:11 +0000
            Re: The Attack kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-10-22 12:20 -0400
              Re: The Attack scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-10-22 19:37 +0000
                Re: The Attack Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> - 2026-10-23 02:23 +0000
      Re: The Attack The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-21 12:57 -0700
  Re: The Attack Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-10-21 19:27 +0100
    Re: The Attack Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-21 20:00 +0100
      Re: The Attack Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-10-22 05:42 +0100
    Re: The Attack athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-10-22 09:28 +0000
      Is Paris Burning? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-22 09:54 -0700
      Re: The Attack The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-22 10:02 -0700
  Re: The Attack The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-21 11:27 -0700
  Re: The Attack The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-21 11:47 -0700
  Re: The Attack The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-21 12:09 -0700
  Re: The Attack nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-21 21:26 +0200
    Re: The Attack Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2026-10-22 12:03 +1300
      Re: The Attack The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-21 20:31 -0700

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