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Subject:Re: Space cadets, all. From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- NEXTLEVEL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 16 Jul 1996 19:51:52 -0800
On Tue, 16 Jul 1996 17:59:33 -0500, Rogers Cadenhead wrote:
>At 03:33 PM 7/16/96 -0800, Matt Ion <soundy -at- nextlevel -dot- com> wrote:
>>This has got to be the highest-trafficked thread I've ever seen in this
>>list. That something as small as a single ASCII 32 character could
>>spawn so much heartfelt opinion (some might use "posturing") is truly
>>astounding.
>Then you must not have been here for the en-dash wars. It was ugly --
>brother against brother -- and it took us a long time to establish the
>spirit of friendship and cooperation that exists today.
I remember the en-dash (or was that 'em-dash'?) wars, but even that was
not as noisy as this thread. It seems the more insignificant the
punctuation, the more worked-up people get over is <sigh>.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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