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From: alien@cpoint.UUCP (Alien Wells)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,news.groups
Subject: Re: Call of votes - sci.aquaria (sort of moderated)
Message-ID: <2684@cpoint.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 89 14:11:01 GMT
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Reply-To: alien@cpoint.UUCP (Alien Wells)
Organization: Clearpoint Research Corp., Hopkinton Mass.
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In article <2604NMBCU@CUNYVM> NMBCU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU writes:
> <see below ...>

Despite your apparent lack of appreciation (the TASS comments below), Richard
really is trying to come up with a compromise that will satisfy the critics
afraid that sci.aquaria will attract a new wave of novices that will flood 
Europe with 'sick guppy' articles that will turn off European system managers
to the point where they yank the Usenet plug totally.  Unfortunately, there
are always people who are 'morally offended' by compromises.

Europeans are the acknowledged experts in aquaria (and yes, they do call them
aquaria).  To be perfectly clear:
	Europe is to aquaria as the US is to software
I'm not proud of it, I wish it wasn't so, but there it is.  One of my personal
interests is mini-reef marine aquaria.  These are relatively large tanks with
very state-of-the-art filtration (similar to scaled down sewage waste 
treatment systems) and special lighting that allows complete marine eco-systems
to be kept.  These are to fish tanks what Interstate freeways are to dirt 
roads.  These are just becoming available in the US.  Europe, particularily
England and Germany, has been doing this for many years.  This is but one
example of their superiority in the hobby.

This is not a case where we are happy hobbyists wanting more happy hobbyists
on line.  This is a case where we have a legitimate need for advice and 
contact with a group of people that cannot be reached any other way.  

Richard's compromise is an attempt to reach them while addressing the concerns
that some people have about other rammifications of the naming.  If you were
basing your arguments on reason instead of religion, you might have seen that.


> ... What is this
> all of a sudden I'm living in a communist society. With big
> brother watching over my shoulder. Where are we? In China? Who
> are you, TASS? Spot any Aliens lately.

Actually, Alien was number 5 in the Bandwidth Waster's Hall of Fame for
alt.aquaria ...

>P.S. - If the vote should pass. I think I will call for the discussion of
>       rec.aquaria. An unmoderated group which would augment his group
>       or put it out of business. :)

Gee, haven't noticed you posting very regularily to alt.aquaria.  Do you 
honestly think that if you manage to create an alternate group and take your
'wisdom' and 'experience' to it, that it will put us 'out of business'?
Gee, rec.pets never put us out of business ...

>"That may or may not be a joke sa-sa-son".

Couldn't have said it better myself ... ;-)

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--------|	You've got the political savvy
Alien   |		of a hangnail.
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