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Subject:Re: FW: Humor vs. Tech Pubs From:Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG> Date:Tue, 16 Jun 1998 15:39:52 -0500
Scott Miller wrote:
>
> "What kind of a sicko wrote this?" is what I ask myself when reading
> Unix docs. I mean, really: "Kill the children." Tchah!
Whether or not you think it's ridiculous, the fact is people *were*
offended. Lisa (I think it was Lisa) said she was bombarded with email
from offended techwhirlers. I'm all in favor of humor as long as it's
funny and not offensive or used inappropriately, but for crying out
loud, why would you want to deliberately offend your audience?
