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From: jat@hpsemc.HP.COM (Joe Talmadge)
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Subject: Re: Idiots! Re-propogate talk.bizarre! (Re: let's quit...)
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Date: 14 Dec 89 00:42:29 GMT
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Monica Cellio writes:
> Can we please discuss the group on its own merits, or lack thereof, rather
> than attempting to blackmail the net as a whole?  That's not likely to go
> over well; many sysadmins would probably leave the group alone, except that
> the proponents of the group are now threatening to make the rest of the net
> a miserable place to be.

Monica --

I haven't seen any blackmail.  What I have seen, however, is several
people (including Pete, who you were responding to) stating that from
experience, they know that removing talk.bizarre would cause havoc on
the net.  

If you remove or stop propogating talk.bizarre "on its own merits" and
bizarrites spill into other groups, what objective does this
accomplish?  If your favorite group gets invaded, are you still going
to be happy with your decision, because it was made "on its own
merits"?  

In short, at the moment there is no blackmail.  Just the (probably
true) assertion that in the past, organized efforts to remove
talk.bizarre have resulting in Bad Things happening, and that
another organized effort may result in the same.

Joe