Re: Satanic

Milne said:

*I* said. Why did you miss this out? > : Woody said:
> : > Barwell, ARS persecutors of Scientology are creating hate on the Internet.
>
> : > This is creating greater problems for Internet.
>
> : I'm sure we've told you the difference between the Internet and Usenet.
> : Now if you think that hatred can be transmitted along fibre-optic links,
> : good for you; but I have to say that there is no definition for a Hatred
> : Transport Protocol anywhere on the Net, and that accordingly, references
> : to 'creating hate on the Internet' are nonsensical.
>
> Oh. no they're not. It's no harder to create hate along fibre-optic links
> that it is to do it using little black dots on a page. Propaganda has many
> channels and can be just as destructive.
Oh dear oh dear oh dear. A little friendly pedantic terminological advice here:

It is only possible to distribute propaganda in media which support said distribution. For example, I could produce a lot of pamphlets talking about the menace of the clam family, and that would indeed be creating hate (as well as stupid; there's nothing wrong with *molluscs*). However, were I to stamp said pamphlet on a lot of trees, I wouldn't have much success.

The trees are the paper prior to manufacture, right?

The trees are analogous to the Internet. The paper is analogous to the Usenet.

We are *not* creating TCP/IP 'Hate Protocol' packets, which is what would be required to 'create hate on the Internet'. We're battling an evil and menacing cult on the *Usenet*. Or I am. You're just a mouthpiece.

Hope that helps. (A nice, non-hateful signoff. OK?)

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