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From: cp26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Christopher Thomas Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.amiga,soc.culture.iranian,misc.forsale,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: CALL FOR HELP - IRAN EARTHQUAKE
Message-ID: <waWGTY200WB34=GVpz@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 27 Jun 90 21:40:52 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Ummm...People?

I understand that the Iranian "situation" (for lack of a better term at the
moment) is both sensitive and personal to many people.  However, the
"discussion" (read that as "flaming") currently happening on the net is
not appropriate to the newsgroups that it is being posted in.  I post this here
to make sure that all of you see it, and hopefully realize this.  The
person who posted the call for help originally has apologized for posting in
inappropriate newsgroups, and has requested that things get redirected.

I'm reading comp.sys.mac for information about my macintosh, and also on the
off chance that I might be able to help someone with a problem with their
machine.  It's a waste of bandwidth for you guys to be flaming/discussing/doing
whatever on this board and other comp.sys.<insert system here> boards.

Please, the newsgroups are set up in >groups< for a reason:  it's so that
people looking for specific information know where to look.  If I want to hear
about this, I'll read netnews.soc.culture.iranian or alt.flames for the
argument.

All I'm asking, and I'm sure it would be appreciated by the readers of all
the groups that this is going out to, is that you redirect your messages to
appropriate boards.
-Chris
cp26@andrew.cmu.edu
There's my email address.  Flame me personally, but leave it off the net, or
send it to alt.flames.