On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:22:23 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:31:08 -0400, wrote:

By doing it all without public
humiliation, the perp can save face, and either shape up with a lesson learned,
or slink away.

But the entertainment value is totally lost. :-)

That's half the fun of Usenet - the entertainment value.