hielan' laddie added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ...

I dont care if its been said a thousand times i fail to
see the point of encrypting entries so that they cant be
viewed without downloading some other crap to view them
....whats the purpose of it ..what purpose does it serve
besides ****ing off those who cant view the pics i really
dont see the point of it all

1 It keeps the idiots who insist on using a crippled
newsreader from seeing good stuff. This is a Good Thing(tm).

2 It is also faster, uses less bandwidth, and is more
efficient. That is also a number of Good Things(tm).

My primary reason for using YENC used to be (2). Since
encountering idiots who insist that I must cripple my use of
USENET so as to coddle them because they refuse to use
anything but MSOE, my primary reason for using YENC has become
(1). ****ing off morons who have delusions of grandeur and who
can't do a damn thing to stop me is a Good Thing(tm)

BTW... note the headers on Michael Hoare's post. By Alan
Erskine's logic, the two of 'em must be the same person,
'forging' headers. Alan-me-lad, have you complained to Newsguy
about my 'forged' headers yet?

For once, an enlightened and correct view of this controversy.

--
HP, aka Jerry

Don't be a fop or a blooter, make only pithy comments on Usenet