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From: roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: trash message from usenet (BIFF)
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Date: 1 Jun 90 22:27:27 GMT
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jas@proteon.com (John A. Shriver) writes:
> if their umbrella organization (usenet) cannot maintain professional
> standards of behavior, then that is their loss.  By implementing a
> system without accountability, they create that risk.

	And there lies the heart of the problem; there is no umbrella
organization called usenet.  At best, usenet is a loose confederation of
cooperating sites.  At worst, it's a anarchy.  You can't blame it on "them"
because there is no "them" to blame it on.
--
Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016
roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu -OR- {att,cmcl2,rutgers,hombre}!phri!roy
"Arcane?  Did you say arcane?  It wouldn't be Unix if it wasn't arcane!"