Did I made a mistake with these skis?

in article , Sue at
lid wrote on 9/13/03 11:02 AM:

writes

OK, I've cracked.
At the risk nasty little grin of being patronising, this troll's a
much better "Mr Annoying" than I could write myself:

You really are quite clueless about social skills aren't you? People
[a tactless person lecturing on tact]
don't like others telling them how they should feel and how they
[and claiming to speak for everyone]
should act. It's very rude and intrusive particularly coming from
someone that has no interpersonal skills. Your obnoxious
[the repetition should irritate]
attempts at humor come off as nothing more than condescending
[for people who are sensitive about their SOH]
comments. I would surmise that you have few friends. In other
[a nice pompous touch]
words, if you quit ****ing off people, you might make some
friends.
[assuming you want friends like the sender]

It could apply to just about anybody, and to my surprise, it hasn't been
posted on Usenet before, or at least not archived. That could change -
I'm thinking of reposting it at two or three people in other groups who
I dislike and think are gullible enough to fall for it.
Now, is that unethical?
And if it came from one of those "Clever Pranks" spamming pests, is it
still unethical?

Ethics? Usenet? RSA? You have to be trolling.
There is nothing that approximates ethical behavior on this newsgroup.

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 19:02:10 +0100, Sue
wrote:

writes

OK, I've cracked.
At the risk nasty little grin of being patronising, this troll's a
much better "Mr Annoying" than I could write myself:

You really are quite clueless about social skills aren't you? People
[a tactless person lecturing on tact]
don't like others telling them how they should feel and how they
[and claiming to speak for everyone]
should act. It's very rude and intrusive particularly coming from
someone that has no interpersonal skills. Your obnoxious
[the repetition should irritate]
attempts at humor come off as nothing more than condescending
[for people who are sensitive about their SOH]
comments. I would surmise that you have few friends. In other
[a nice pompous touch]
words, if you quit ****ing off people, you might make some
friends.
[assuming you want friends like the sender]

It could apply to just about anybody, and to my surprise, it hasn't been
posted on Usenet before, or at least not archived. That could change -
I'm thinking of reposting it at two or three people in other groups who
I dislike and think are gullible enough to fall for it.
Now, is that unethical?
And if it came from one of those "Clever Pranks" spamming pests, is it
still unethical?

It seems to have the "style" of Lemay. One of the biggest perpetrators
of PKB posts I have seen, which is one of the reasons why he is in my
KF.

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