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                  The Twelve Commandments of Flaming


                1. Make things up about      .========.      .========.
                your opponent:  It's im-    // I .'..' \    // VII.'.".\
                portant to make your lies   || II .'..'|    || VIII.'..|
  sound true.  Preface your argument with   || III .'."|    || IX ",'.'|
  the word "clearly."   "Clearly, Fred      || IV ,','.|    || X .'".'.|
  Flooney is a liar, and a dirtball to      || V '..'.'|    || XI .'..'|
  boot."                                    || VI .'..'|    || XII .'".|
                                        jgs .\_________/    .\_________/
  2. Be an armchair psychologist:
  You're a smart person.  You've heard of Freud.  You took a psychology
  course in college.  Clearly, you're qualified to psychoanalyze your op-
  ponent.  "Polly Purebread, by using the word 'zucchini' in her posting,
  shows she has a bad case of penis envy."

       )        3. Cross-post your flames:  Everyone on the net is just
     ( '        waiting for the next literary masterpiece to leave your
    ) ,'(       terminal!  From the Apple II RoundTable to X-10 Power-
   (' ) ,)      house RoundTable, they're all holding their breath until
  ^^^^^^^^^^    your next flame.  Therefore, post everywhere.

  4. Conspiracies abound:  If everyone's against you, the reason can't
  *possibly* be that you're a shithead.  There's obviously a conspiracy
  against you, and you will be doing the entire net a favor by exposing
  it.

  5. Lawsuit threats:  This is the reverse of Rule #4 (sort         )
  of like the Yin & Yang of Flaming).  Threatening a lawsuit      (,
  is always considered to be in good form.  "By saying that      ) .('
  I've posted to the wrong group, Bertha has libeled me,        ('  , )
  slandered me, and sodomized me.  See you in court,          ^^^^^^^^^^^
  Bertha."

  6. Force them to document their claims:  Even if Harry Hoinkus states
  outright that he likes tomato sauce on his pasta, you should demand
  documentation.  If Newsweek hasn't written an article on Harry's pasta
  preferences, then Harry's obviously lying.

     ')         7. Use foreign phrases:  French is good, but Latin is the
    ( , )       lingua franca of flaming.  You should use the words "ad
     )'. (      hominem" at least three times per article.  Other favor-
   (' ( . )     ite Latin phrases are "ad nauseum," "veni, vidi, vici,"
  ^^^^^^^^^^^   and "fettucini alfredo."

  8. Tell 'em how smart you are:  Why use intelligent arguments to con-
  vince them you're smart when all you have to do is tell them?  State
  that you're a member of Mensa, or Mega, or Dorks of America.  Tell them
  the scores you received on every exam since high school.  "I got an 800
  on my SATs, LSATs, GREs, MCATs, and I can also spell the word
  'premeiotic'."

  9. Accuse your opponent of censorship.  It is your right          )
  as an American citizen to post whatever the hell you want       ( '
  to the net (as guaranteed by the 37th Amendment, I think).     ) ,'(
  Anyone who tries to limit your cross-posting or move a        (' ) ,)
  flame war to email is either a communist, a fascist, or      ^^^^^^^^^^
  both.

  10. Doubt their existence:  You've never actually seen your opponent,
  have you?  And since you're the center of the universe, you should have
  seen them by now, shouldn't you?  Therefore, THEY DON'T EXIST!  This is
  the beauty of flamers' logic.

  11. Lie, cheat, steal, leave the toilet seat up.

         )       12. When in doubt, insult:  If you forget the other 11
       (,        rules, remember this one.  At some point during your won-
      ) .('      derful career as a Flamer you will undoubtedly end up in
     ('  , )     a flame war with someone who is better than you. This
   ^^^^^^^^^^^   person will expose your lies, tear apart your arguments,
  make you look generally like a bozo.  At this point, there's only one
  thing to do: INSULT THE DIRTBAG!!!  "Oh yeah?  Well, your mother does
  strange things with vegetables."

          -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
                        EXAMPLE...for the Rookie Flamer
          -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

         > Dear Joe,

      I object to your use of the word "dear."  It shows you are a
      condescending, sexist pig.  Also, the submissive tone you use
      shows that you like to be tied down and flagellated with licorice
      whips.

         > While I found your article "The Effect of Belly-Button Lint
         > on Western Thought" to be extremely thought-provoking,

      "Thought-provoking?"  I had no idea you could think, you rotting
      piece of swamp slime.

         > it really shouldn't have been posted in rec.scuba.

      What?  Are you questioning my judgement?  I'll have you know that
      I'm a member of the super-high-IQ society Menstruate.  I got an
      800 on my PMS exam.

      Your attempts constitute nothing less than censorship. There is a
      conspiracy against me.  You, Riff Raff, and Simon Sinister have
      been constantly harassing me by email.  This was an ad hominem
      attack!  I have therefore cross-posted this to alt.flame,
      rec.nude, comp.graphics, and rec.arts.wobegon.

         > Perhaps you should have posted it in misc.misc.

      It is my right, as granted in the Bill of Rights, the Magna Carta,
      the Bible and the Koran, to post where ever I want to.  Or don't
      you believe in those documents, you damn fascist?  Perhaps if you
      didn't spend so much time sacrificing virgins and infants to
      Satan, you would have realized this.

         > Your article would be much more appropriate there.

      Can you document this?  I will only accept documents notarized by
      my attorney, and signed by you in blood. Besides, you don't really
      exist anyway, you AI project, you.
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