Xref: utzoo talk.politics.guns:4398 soc.men:14720 news.groups:13777 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!topgun.dspo.gov!sorsby From: sorsby@DSPO.GOV (Charlie Sorsby) Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns,soc.men,news.groups Subject: Re: talk.politics.guns not serving its intended purpose? Summary: Proper newsgroups. Message-ID: <2149@topgun.dspo.gov> Date: 30 Oct 89 17:30:10 GMT References: <1270@uvaarpa.virginia.edu> <248@flash.UUCP> Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 24 In article <248@flash.UUCP>, bill@flash.UUCP (William Swan) writes: > In article <4860@ncar.ucar.edu> gary@cgdisis.ucar.edu (Gary Strand) writes: > }gs: Ed, ... Let's take this to talk.politics.guns ... [..] > } Believe me, I've tried at least 3 or 4 times to get this re-directed to > } t.p.g. Ed is recalcitrant, [...] > Sounds like talk.politics.guns isn't serving its (stated) purpose if > those arguing one side of the issue refuse to carry on the discussion > in the appropriate group. Or, perhaps, there are those who prefer to bleat in newgroups where fewer people know about the issues? It is much more difficult to make a point where, not only is there opposition to the premise, but where there are many who know why the premise is bogus. Best, Charlie Sorsby "I'm the NRA!" crs@lambda.lanl.gov sorsby@dspo.gov sorsby@pprg.unm.edu