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From: wbt@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Much ado about newsgroups (was: Re: sci.aquaria)
Message-ID: <9994@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 6 Oct 89 12:53:42 GMT
References: <897@nigel.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: wbt@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker,00440,cb,1D211,6148604019)
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In article <897@nigel.udel.EDU> berryh@udel.edu (John Berryhill) writes:
>
>When you have all made up your mind whether the world will come to a
>screeching halt if the group is put into sci.* or rec.*, please let
>me know.  I have some sick goldfish (and yes Richard, they are still
>alive at least).

See ?  See ????

Here we have another failure of the newsgroup creation guidelines !!

This man has a MEDICAL EMERGENCY on his hands; his poor pets are dying
a slow, agonizing death, while we sit here on high and debate the
wisdom of the newgroup that could SAVE their very LIVES !  Are we gods
that we care so little for such tragedies ?  Are we not humane ?

Nay, I say thee, nay !  Do not go gentle into that good heirarchy ! 
Let us neither suffer the slings and arrows of Sexton flames, nor 
brave the perilous line between Chuq and Oleg !  Deny thy heirarchy,
and refuse thy name !  For would not alt.aquaria by any other name
smell so damp ?

Remember, no man is an island (*);  but some newsgroups are all wet.
Save the goldfish !

(*) excepting, possibly, Man-hattan.

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