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From: greg@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Gregory Nowak)
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Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: talk.philosophy.objectivism
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Date: 16 Jan 90 01:41:04 GMT
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In article <EMV.90Jan14174127@urania.math.lsa.umich.edu> emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) writes:

}me :            The question is, whether they would be more objectionable
}   : quibbling over their own usenet turf, or invading other sections.

}bill@twwells.com
}   They're already invading other sections. With a newsgroup of
}   their own, those that dislike Objectivists can look forward to
}   not having to put up with them.

}so I am to be encouraged to give them a base from which to launch
}their nefarious, interminable, mind-poisoningly objectionable
}campaigns?  Hardly.

Pay attention. They have already invaded other newsgroups. Whether a
special newsgroup would serve as a "base" is hard to determine; what
is a fact is that unwelcome objectivist rants have already been posted
to sci.philosophy.tech.

}I think that *.objectivism should be unmoderated, to make it more
}easy to cross-post to talk.bizarre.  

Where they would be completely unwelcome. For all of you news.groups
weenies, this is where the crossposting comes from -- non-readers of
talk.bizarre who figure that the name of the newsgroup excuses them
from crossposting to it, then are surprised when they are told that
their crossposts are inappropriate to talk bizarre. If you think
somebody is an idiot, then FLAME THEM, and if you like your own
writing so much, crosspost to alt.flame so others can enjoy it. But
crossposting your flame to talk.bizarre merely because you find the
opinions you're flaming "bizarre" is a tired, tired, immature little
joke, disrespectful of another newsgroup. As a general rule of thumb,
if you don't read a group, don't crosspost to it. Talk.bizarre has
developed its own standards about what constitutes an acceptable
posting, and they deserve as much respect as those of soc.singles or
comp.binaries.ibm.pc. 


rutgers!phoenix.princeton.edu!greg   Gregory A Nowak/Phoenix Gang/Princeton NJ 
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