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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 29 Oct 1998.
Re: Pete!

Re: Pete!

Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>Colin Douthwaite wrote:
>> So who can define, unarguably, what is offensive and what is not?
>> Tolerance of offensiveness is a very variable quantity.

>In case of doubt, refer to item #5 of our Ten Commandments:
>"Thou shalt ask permission before using someone else's ASCII art."


Oh, look,look,look...yet ANOTHER change of face from you!
                         ^^^^^^^

In Message-ID: <361...@sympatico.ca> dated 1 October 1998
you wrote the following ( note particularly Item 5):

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Message-ID: <361...@sympatico.ca> dated 1 October 1998
From: Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca>
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: Encourage pirace, vandalism and theft
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 22:53:15 GMT

The Official FAQ of alt.ascii-art
=================================
           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1. Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2. Thou shalt remove initials
    ______/(    >(__                     from any ASCII art.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3. Thou shalt claim ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of anyone else's ASCII art.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4. Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5. Thou shalt not ask permission  <===
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using anyone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII art.

[...remainder snipped...]

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You also reposted the above distortion of yours several times not
just once!

Your credibility, veracity and integrity have all been exposed and
totally destroyed by your own activities.

Please go away now, Mr. Casso, and leave us all in peace here in the
alt.ascii-art newsgroup.

GoodBye,

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From: Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
Subject: Re: Pete!
Date: 1998/10/29
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