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From: cook@pinocchio.Encore.COM (Dale C. Cook)
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Subject: Results of sci.aquaria vote
Summary: Horsefeathers redux!
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Date: 14 Nov 89 14:01:48 GMT
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[peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) recently posted that: 
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|Horsefeathers yourself. He should have acceded to the wishes of the
|obvious majority (and don't give me any bloody grief over that word.

I have no trouble with the word, just your supposed psychic ability
to devine the "wishes of the obvious majority".  Perhaps you should
share your strange psi sense with the good folks on sci.skeptic and
let 'em debunk 'em for you!

|It's obvious by now that his vote doesn't represent the wishes of
|anyone but Richard Sexton) and held the vote for "REC.AQUARIA". He
|told me in as many words that rec.aquaria was probably a better name.
|
You haven't been paying attention.  The two variants are both suited
to groups, but the focus/charters are different.  No one has argued
that there might not be sufficient interest from aquarium hobbiest
to have a rec group.  The contention Richard made was that there
was also enough interest amongst those who take things a little
more seriously to support a group.  So?  Why not subscribe and
see what happens.  You might be surprised at what the "majority"
discuss!
|
|No, it's yet another precedent. Like sci.skeptic. Except this time the
|guy who got the group created hasn't admitted he made a mistake.
|
Oh, gad.  The old precedent thing.  Even in courts of law what is
accepted as precedent tends to vary over time according to the make
up and political biases of the judges/juries.  Give it a rest!  And
PLEEEZE stop picking on sci.skeptic!  It is a lively group with
plenty of interesting discussion.  It would seem that those interested
in the topics find the group just fine...  but then I don't have your
clairvoyant powers.

|I think the next stage would be to campaign in Europe to get the major
|sites to go along with a boycott. After all, it's they who he really
|was attacking.
|-- 
Oh, wow!  Go for it!  You must not have a lot of important things to
do, Peter.  Maybe you can get the Wall of Shame restored while you're
at it.  Wouldn't want to start any bad precidents!  (Ok, that was a
cheap shot.)

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