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From: woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: A Funny Feeling About This Fish Thing
Message-ID: <4638@ncar.ucar.edu>
Date: 9 Oct 89 15:49:00 GMT
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Reply-To: woods@handies.UCAR.EDU (Greg Woods)
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In article <20645@gryphon.COM> mhnadel@gryphon.COM (Miriam Nadel) writes:

>However, it seems to me that the overwhelming majority of the people hacking
>this to death would probably not care either were it not our notorious
>Richard who proposed sci.aquaria.

  I've been staying out of this, but I want to take the time to emphatically
deny this accusation. This is NOT about personalities (other than the fact
that Richard is being totally stubborn, which is certainly not unique to him)
This is about NAMING HIERARCHIES. It is clear to everyone but a small minority
that keeping aquariums, for most people on the net involved with it, is
a HOBBY, and therefore clearly belongs in REC, not sci. I would be arguing
that just as strongly if it were Gene Spafford proposing sci.aquaria
as I do with Richard. The personality of the proposer has NOTHING to
do with it.

--Greg