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From: cj@inferno.wpd.sgi.com (C J Silverio)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Proposed Guidelines Change (was Re: A Few Observations)
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Date: 20 Nov 89 23:20:59 GMT
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In article <3503@kitty.UUCP>, 
	larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
  [...]
| I suspect that the same [attrition through lack of connectivity]
| will happen to sci.aquaria.  As of this
| writing, my site, which has good Net connectivity, has seen only 27 articles
| in the past week of sci.aquaria, many of which were submitted by the
| infamous Richard Sexton himself.  Of course, in this instance, the fact
| that my site and others alias sci.aquaria to junk or alt.aquaria may be an
| additional factor.

	This greatly irritates those of us who read alt.aquaria 
	and wish to read sci.aquaria, i.e., those quiet people
	who voted in their quiet and inoffensive news.group
	and are now penalized for frivolous reasons.

	It seems to me that political or personal issues 
	prompted most--if not all--of the controversy about
	the group (as with comp.women).  With comp.women,
	we saw all the violent feelings about feminism
	boil up;  with sci.aquaria, we saw all the violent
	feelings about Richard Sexton.  I feel name-space
	issues were merest rationalization.

	And now that the alleged "name-space purists" lost 
	the vote, they want to change the rules.

	And apply the change retroactively.
 
| In any event, sci.aquaria appears to be getting what it deserves.

	Many of us disagree.  Can you understand why?
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ucbvax!brahms!silverio       C J Silverio/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720
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