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From: julian@tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
Subject: Re: Reference
To: dcasba@rain.org (Tom Gray - DCA)
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 23:21:50 -0800 (PST)
Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, hackers@FreeBSD.org
In-Reply-To: <199503200508.VAA20616@coyote.rain.org> from "Tom Gray - DCA" at Mar 19, 95 09:08:20 pm
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Well, it's an interesting point..

it's actually a joke, but joerg isn't and english speaker by birth, and
your jokes could often be misinterpretted if you made them in danish,
or german, or...

I think it was meant to be a semi-humourous prod, but didn't quite
translate quite right.
> 
> > 
> > The common answer to this is RTFM, but since you're not even able
> > to *find* that f**** manual....  Try to start with the command
> > ``man man''.
> 
> Is it just me or does anyone else find this sort of reply offensive?
he did give the right answer, after all.
> Is this appropriate language for a public forum? 
>