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From: sandee@sun16 (Daan Sandee)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: inappropriate postings
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Date: 28 Aug 90 12:14:49 GMT
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In article <64347@oliveb.atc.olivetti.com> mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser) writes:
>
>	It is quite interesting, the wrong turn that has been
>taken in this discussion about splitting rec.birds.
>
>John Shipman writes:
>> Here is the original charter of this group (from the latest
>> listing of active newsgroups in news.announce.newusers):
>
>> rec.birds     Hobbyists interested in bird watching.
>
>	The dictionary defines the hobby of bird watching as:
>"To identify wild birds and observe their actions and habits
>in their natural habitat as a recreation."
>	It is quite obvious that the "captive bird" postings
>are inappropriate to this newsgroup.
>
Etc., etc.
I'm sure everybody is sick of the space wars. This group had taken the attitude
the past years of *condoning* the pet people, but it hasn't stopped the flames.
Myself, I can stand the budgie drivel, but I want very much to see the yelling
stopped.
There is an ongoing VOTE to create rec.pets.dogs. The reason for this group
is partly to clean up rec.pets to make it more liveable for other pet keepers.
If this vote passes, we stand a better chance of persuading the pet people to
move back to their proper newsgroup. A proposal to create rec.pets.cats as well
has been discussed, but has apparently not obtained sufficient support.

== I urge anyone who is bothered by the pet postings, or just by the space wars,
== to vote YES on rec.pets.dogs.

Send mail with subject line of "YES to rec.pets.dogs" to
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Daan Sandee                                           sandee@sun16.scri.fsu.edu
Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052  (904) 644-7045