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From: dianeh@gryphon.COM (Diane Holt)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: The disservice of pushing for sci.aquaria
Message-ID: <22279@gryphon.COM>
Date: 15 Nov 89 16:36:47 GMT
References: <2897@viper.Lynx.MN.Org> <22209@gryphon.COM> <256079A9.3D19@drivax.UUCP>
Reply-To: dianeh@binky.UUCP (Diane Holt)
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In <256079A9.3D19@drivax.UUCP> davison@drivax.UUCP (Wayne Davison) writes:
>dianeh@gryphon.COM (Diane Holt) writes:
>} On the contrary, because of the name [sci.aquaria] will be more widely
>} distributed than it was before, or than it would be under the rec hierarchy.
>
>With this sort of reasoning, we should move all of rec into sci so that we
>can slip something by those eeeevil sysadmins who have chosen to NOT carry
>the recreation-oriented netnews hierarchy.

It wasn't a "sort of reasoning" to get past "eeeevil sysadmins"; it was a
counter to this:

    In article <2897@viper.Lynx.MN.Org> dave@viper (David Messer) writes:

    A group for aquarium hobbiests is certainly welcome on USENET, but,
    because of the name, it may not be generally available.

Get it? -- "...but, because of the name, it may not be generally available."

The statement made no sense; therefore, it was countered.

Geez, isn't there any discussion-oriented group on the Net that has people who
keep track of what's been said?

Diane Holt
(dianeh@binky.UUCP)

"<urp>"