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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: B/C News woes
Message-ID: <1989Nov23.201632.5324@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1989Nov17.162448.22026@relay.nswc.navy.mil> <1989Nov21.140935.1224@relay.nswc.navy.mil> <256A4010.5066@rpi.edu> <1989Nov22.075837.12240@utstat.uucp> <89Nov22.130142est.2899@neat.cs.toronto.edu> <256B1FE8.5818@rpi.edu> <1989Nov23.070330.11698@utstat.uucp>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 89 20:16:32 GMT

In article <1989Nov23.070330.11698@utstat.uucp> geoff@utstat.uucp (Geoff Collyer) writes:
>> Maybe I should start a petition?
>
>Save your energy.  We are not government bureaucrats and we maliciously
>ignore petitions.  We listen to reasoned arguments.  If your arguments
>don't convince us, a petition is guaranteed to fail.

While Geoff is correct, I should mention one borderline case:  when a
possible change has been shelved because we perceive a lack of interest,
rather than discarded because we've decided against it, indications of
widespread interest can make a difference.  This particular item wasn't
such a case, however.
-- 
That's not a joke, that's      |     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
NASA.  -Nick Szabo             | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu