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From: bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: talk.philosophy.objectivism
Message-ID: <1990Jan25.201246.1822@twwells.com>
Date: 25 Jan 90 20:12:46 GMT
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In article <9001190353.AA01540@apee.ogi.edu> mehuld@APEE.OGI.EDU (Mehul Dave) writes:
: >: Besides, Mr. Wells did not even post a charter for the proposed
: >: newsgroup.  What is it supposed to discuss?  Specifically, is it all
: >: of objectivism or only parts of it?
:
: >From the original posting:
:
: >:                              This newsgroup would exist for
: >: discussion of Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, and
: >: related topics.
:
: >Looks like a charter to me. And, to answer your question: all of
: >it.
:
: Is this your idea of a charter?  I would have at least expected a
: summary of the key principles of Objectivism which would set the frame
: work for any new participant in the newsgroup.

That's a completely different thing. A charter, in this context,
indicates the purpose of the group, it is not an educational tool.

On the other hand, a monthly posting describing Objectivism and
its principles would not be a bad thing for the newsgroup.

:                                                 I would further expect
: that some qualifications be made such as whether the newsgroup is for
: studying Objectivism in detail from the view of a formal study or a
: free-wheeling discussion.

Except that I *deliberately* left out any qualification, since I
didn't want any restrictions.

Generally, one creates the general newsgroup first and then, if
the traffic warrants it, goes for the specific newsgroup.

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