From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 19 23:52:44 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id XAA09841 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 23:52:44 -0800 Received: from netcom14.netcom.com (hasty@netcom14.netcom.com [192.100.81.126]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id XAA09835 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 23:52:43 -0800 From: hasty@netcom.com Received: from localhost by netcom14.netcom.com (8.6.10/Netcom) id XAA05779; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 23:51:28 -0800 Message-Id: <199503200751.XAA05779@netcom14.netcom.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Reference In-reply-to: Your message of Sun, 19 Mar 95 23:21:50 -0800. Date: Sun, 19 Mar 95 23:51:27 -0800 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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... > > 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? > > It is not offensive is more like a Unix Sargent talking to a newly elisted private trying to snap him into action. My background is on VMS and and I switched to the Unix culture well I will not comment any further :) Amancio