M >             General nature of the echo:
Hi, General, nice army you got. Sure bodes respect, that's for sure.
M >             Tone of the echo:
M >1)  This is supposed to be a friendly area, so please treat others
M >    with respect.  This is a mandatory requirement for all.
Father, I have sinned and promise to try my best to not 
hit back when hit. Instead I'll call Dahmer fron the beyod to 
consummate therelationship.
M >2)  Profanity is unnecessary - please avoid using it.  Check your
M >    flamethrower at the door.
Hmmm, flamethrower works fine, now to find a target. Oh, you meant 
leave it at the door, sorry.
M >3)  Humour is encouraged.  Nastiness masquerading as humour
M >    will be considered annoying behavior.
How come humour gets preferential treatment? It ain't fair! Was
I ever encouraged? Was my dog? Not all. How about my wife? Oops,
better not go there.
M >4)  Use of emoticons (smileys and such) are encouraged, in order
M >    to clarify places where humour, sarcasm and such are used.
So now emoticons are encouraged too? It's favoritism, I tell you.
Now, I wouldn't mind if you encouraged my boss to triple my pay, so
how about it?
M >7)  Be slow to respond to messages that anger you.  If you really
M >    want to call someone names, take it to netmail.
Ok, but my flamethrower is just across the room by the door. Can't
I just grab it for a moment and incincerate the offender? No? Well,
why!? Oh, might cause collateral burning and touch off flammables
thereby burning down the establishment entire? No, I wouldn't like
that. I got the pyrokinetic ability to cause spontaneous combustion,
can I use that? I'm particular to barbeques, you see.
M >8)  Be quick to help and encourage other participants.
Sorry, for that favoritism remark, this means we all get encouraged.
Well, General, you're a nice guy.
M >             Message content:
M >1)  Use your *REAL* Name only!  If all else fails sign your real name
M >    at the end of your message.  This may be waived by prior consultati
M >    with the moderators if you can send a convincing explanation via
M >    netmail.
Darn it! There goes my secret identify, how am I gonna fight crime now?
M >2)  Stay on topic.  No discussions of other operating systems or genera
M >    hardware problems, no buying/selling/trading/pirating/enslaving/bar
M >    in the Windows95 echo.
Father, I have sinned again. I apologize. Does this mean they can't even
be mentioned as part of a 95 message?
M >3)  Discussions of hardware issues related to Windows95 are acceptable.
M >    Non-related hardware discussions are off-topic.
I agree, it's a topic a mean should have only with his wife anyway.
M >7)  No discussion of illegal activities, this should be obvious.
You'd be surprised how the obvious is so inobvious no matter how 
obvious it is. Isn't that obvious?
M >9)  No responses to off-topic messages or flames, except from the
M >    moderators.  
That's not fair! If you torch something, it's supposed to burn.
So if I get flamed I can't burn unless a mod does it? Oh, for
my own safety? I see, like I said, General, you're a good guy.
M >11) If you wish to challenge a moderator's decision, do so via
M >    netmail only.
But you might burn me!
M >  The moderators of this echo are:     David Bowerman @ 1:153/290
M >                                       Bill Drake     @ 1:153/151
M >                                       Alan Zisman    @ 1:153/9
Darn! So much for my theory that this was a Disney sponsored echo
run by a certain three ducks.
M >  If you have any questions about these rules or want to suggest a
M >  change, please send your message via netmail only to 1:153/290.
Naw, good rules. Fun to play with too. Huh? No, I didn't have anything 
better to do at the time. No, I won't be doing this again. Yes, sir,
I'll shut my yap up right away, sir. Thank you only making me do 1266
push ups, sir. 
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