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From: greg@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Gregory Nowak)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: sci.philosophy.objectivism
Message-ID: <13035@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 18 Jan 90 01:27:28 GMT
References: <13004@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <9001172032.AA18989@apee.ogi.edu>
Reply-To: greg@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Gregory Nowak)
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In article <9001172032.AA18989@apee.ogi.edu> mehuld@APEE.OGI.EDU (Mehul Dave) writes:

}You're saying that Mr. Stubblefield's postings are not appropriate to
}SPT as if this was a matter of fact when that is what you (and some
}other readers of SPT) think.

Sure. All the original readers of SPT, those who were there for its
creation and remember the charter, find them inappropriate. Those
"readers" of SPT who followed Stubblefield think otherwise. They lose.
They don't know what they're talking about. At any rate -- you're
undercutting your own position. The extent to which objectivist
postings are appropriate in SPT is the extent to which they don't
deserve a new group. BTW, we're BOTH in favor of a new group for
Objectivist postings -- anything to get them out of SPT where they
don't belong

}  There have been some discussions related
}to his postings and even some support (some others also thought it was
}inappropriate, however).  I am not going to get into this argument of
}whether objectivist postings belong to SPT or not.  I think they do and
}you think they don't.

If they do, why do you need a new newsgroup? IF they don't, get them out.


}  In any event, this newsgroup is for the
}discussion of new newsgroups (at least as far as I can tell).  The

I'll tell you again: Welcome to USENET. This is news.groups, for
discussion of all issues relating to newsgroups, whether they're new
or now, what postings are appropriate where, whatever. It so happens
that a lot of the discussion is given over to discussion of new
newsgroups, but that's not the only thing it's for. I'm sorry you have
a hard time grasping this, but it seem that Objectivists in general
have a hard time grasping the concept of appropriateness of topics
within newsgroups. 


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