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From: xanthian@saturn.ADS.COM (Metafont Consultant Account)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: new news top level proposed (was Re: sci.philosophy.objectivism)
Keywords: Objectivism, Rand, newsgroup, philosophy
Message-ID: <10463@saturn.ADS.COM>
Date: 17 Jan 90 03:44:16 GMT
References: <9001162348.AA11695@apee.ogi.edu> <12987@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mt. View, CA (415) 960-7300
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After reading this group with flashing "k" key for a couple of months,
again, and seeing groups proposed for which no earthly excuse can be
put forth, I have realized that the news heirarchy forest needs a new
top level; "talk" just doesn't carry the freight for some of these new
groups, and arguments over sci, talk, soc, misc, rec, and so on as a
place to root a new group are just symptoms that the appropriate root
does not now exist, a root that fully describes the expected level of
importance of the articles posted thereunder.

I hereby propose new top level "blather", into which
"philosophy.objectivism" (a novelist trying to create a coherent
philosophy is like an actor trying to be a president) will be a perfect
fit.

Gads!  Don't you kids have homework to do?  Rooms to clean?

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