Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!paul.rutgers.edu!jac From: jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Why comp.sys.apple2.d Is Needed Keywords: diatribes and wasted bandwidth Message-ID: Date: 9 May 90 00:47:53 GMT References: <11853@netcom.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 32 lyle@netcom.UUCP (Lyle Fong): > Look who's wasting bandwidth! Do you have a problem with posts? Seems the > way you look at it, all posts are bullshit. If you're so F****** > conservative, why don't you go out there and lick up some trash for > gods sake! I don't know why the H#$% people are so ignorant as to not > being able to accept a post, but.. I don't care to know what you're smoking. Are you 12 years old? (I ask this in all seriousness.) Your poor grammar, ubiquitous diction mistakes, and continual misunderstanding of the meaning of various words tend to support such an opinion. You seem to think that this newsgroup is your property to shit in as you like. It is not. An Apple group existed long before you ever came along and we always seemed to manage without the "Mac versus Apple II" diatribes. You don't seem to understand -- these postings are boring, repetative, and seem to break out every few months like some sort of mutant social disease. While one can argue "just say 'n'" this prescription fails when one is forced to say 'n' to most of the postings. This is not Compuserve or some "rad" high-school BBS. The newsgroup can be very useful. But only if people treat it as such, instead of using it like some sort of soap-box for content-free rants (as you advocate). Why don't we take a vote for comp.sys.apple2.d? That way we can see if everyone favors a newsgroup full of soap-box position statements or one filled with technical information. Or, keep comp.sys.apple2 for the soap-box and create comp.sys.apple2.tech for the technical material. Jonathan A. Chandross Internet: jac@paul.rutgers.edu UUCP: rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!jac