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From: brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: FSFnet, Otherrealms, and other electronic magazines...
Summary: feh!
Message-ID: <10349@ucsd.Edu>
Date: 7 Dec 89 16:43:02 GMT
References: <1989Dec6.100342.5982@sssab.se> <37044@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: brian@ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor)
Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd.
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In article <37044@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>Why don't we find some important issue to argue over? USENET seems to love
>spending inordinate amount of time arguing trivialities while ignoring
>serious problems completely.

Obviously because the stupid loudmouthed couch-potatos that make up the
majority of Usenet nowadays would rather express their ignorant opinions
than spend one iota of effort to try to even think about solving the
problems.  Screaming in rage is easy and cathartic.  "If it feels good,
do it."  But working hard to solve problems is difficult - clearly
beyond the capabilities of most of people on Usenet nowadays.

Usenet is a society in microcosm, and as in larger society, a simple
answer to a complex problem is rare.  You can't point a gun at it
and solve it.  You have to think.  Most people don't and won't.  Perhaps
they can't.

I wonder what the Arbitron stats would show if they could measure IQ.
		- Brian