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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork
Message-ID: <1177@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>
Date: 21 Nov 89 15:43:05 GMT
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From article <1989Nov21.105006.10730@rpi.edu>, by tale@pawl.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence):
> In <1162@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral):
> Paul> That does it.  Enough is enough.  I'm dropping alt.* entirely.
> 
> The newgroup was apparently intended to be local to jarthur; dropping
> alt.* entirely because the use of the Distribution: mechanism is
> faulty seems a little rash.  (We only restrict one distribution
> outgoing from here in general -- local.)

alt...bork in itself was not enough to cause my rash reaction.  I have
been skeptical of alt.* for a long time.  I've never accepted alt.sex
(the cesspool of the net), for instance (no doubt someone will call me
a prude or some such; that doesn't bother me).  Add to my skepticism
the random or senseless newgrouping of such groups alt.stupidity,
alt.peeve, alt.tasteless, and the newgrouping (and subsequent rmgrouping)
of alt.sex.mast[eu]rbation to win a bet, etc., over the last several
weeks or months ... and my tolerance has been lowered considerably.
alt...bork simply pushed me over the edge.  alt.* is a mess that I'm
unwilling to put up with anymore.

Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu