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From: oleg@gryphon.COM (Oleg Kiselev)
Newsgroups: news.groups,alt.aquaria,rec.pets
Subject: Re: Formal propsal: "rec.aquarium", not to be confused with "sci.aquaria".
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Date: 19 Oct 89 10:39:14 GMT
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In article <8215@cbmvax.UUCP> bryce@commodore.COM (Bryce Nesbitt) writes:
>I hereby formally propose a new newsgroup to be called "rec.aquarium".

This is a complete idiocy and I appeal to ALL OF YOU (those who are in favour
of sci.aquaria or rec.aquaria or misc.aquaria) to vote NO on this attempt of
blatant sabotage by someone who does not have any interest in the group or at
least ignore it!  

>Improperly formatted votes will be returned to sender uncounted.  

And this miscreant is even too lazy to worry about the "improper" formats!
Does this sound to you like an honest effort by a person with a genuine
concern for the group and for the aquaria in general?!

>A grab for better distribution is not reason for a new "sci" group.

There is a real chance that the aquarium scientists will join that group
(the names of Cabrillo Museum and  Monterey Bay Aquariums have been
mentioned).  Those people are NOT hobbyists and what they do is not
recreation.  Then again, this "proposal" is made by someone who works for a
toy computer manufacturer, so I guess he is just acting out his guilt over
slipping "commodore" and "amiga" groups into COMP hierarchy, rather than
rec.games.* where they belong.

>The name "aquarium" is used for absolute clarity.

No, it's chosen out of ignorance!  Aquaria is a PLURAL of aquarium.

PLEASE VOTE NO!
-- 
			"No regrets, no apologies"   Ronald Reagan

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