XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism 
 From: potts@iinet.net.au 
  
 "Erik"  wrote in message 
 news:opsa0773l32kedvn@datorn.bredbandsbolaget.se... 
 > On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 07:39:48 -0400, 8 |  wrote: 
 > 
 > > 
 > > "Bee"  wrote in message 
 > > news:M%uIc.326$Gl6.147@newsfe2-win.ntli.net... 
 > >> Harlan Osier wrote: 
 > >> > ...the Netcops.These people usually are oppressed 
 > >> > ones in real-life and have created their own rules in "their" 
 > >> > newsgroups.In "their" newsgroups, they are "the boss", the "police 
 > >> > chief", "the sheriff in town". 
 > >> 
 > >> 
 > >> Yes, I have seen them at work.  The name, Netcops, is new to me, but 
 > >> they do behave as you described.  Extraordinarily foul and aggressive 
 > >> language is their weapon.  They pick their victims as they choose.  One 
 > >> gang, for example, hangs out in the MS Windows XP (General) newsgroup. 
 > >> These are the hoodlums of the cyber world.  Their formation, antics and 
 > >> background would be interesting topics in a Sociology research project. 
 > >> 
 > >> Bee. 
 > >> -- 
 > >> [I have found my Shangri-La in ntlworld.] 
 > >> 
 > >> 
 > >> -- 
 > >> 
 > >> 
 > > 
 > > foul language? 
 > > that would be moonshadao. 
 > > he sets the standard here. 
 > > how many otherwise valuable 
 > > contributors has he turned off. 
 > > what surprises me is how many 
 > > are sympathetic to his cause. 
 > > i guess the usa is so rank 
 > > with xian proselytizers and 
 > > new-agers that this ng must seem 
 > > like the place to get back at them. 
 > > what a waste of an otherwise 
 > > friendly, tolerant and peaceful place. 
 > 
 > I think he has an extremely valuable role here in a.p.t. , but i guess 
 > it's a matter of perspective as usual... 
  
 Place wouldn't be the same without him (G)  Rgds Ken 
  
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