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From: diamond@jit345.swstokyo.dec.com (Norman Diamond)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Existence of Usenet
Message-ID: <1991Jan23.025527.379@tkou02.enet.dec.com>
Date: 23 Jan 91 02:55:27 GMT
References: <1991Jan18.040511.16670@tkou02.enet.dec.com> <27975CC4.5218@tct.uucp>
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In article <27975CC4.5218@tct.uucp> chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
>According to diamond@jit345.enet@tkou02.enet.dec.com (Norman Diamond):
>>chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
>>> "If Usenet exists, then what is its mailing address?"  -- me
>>Well, what is the address of the telephone network?
>>What is the address of the software crisis?
>
>We're discussing organizations, not situations.

Then fix your wording.  Try:
    "If Usenet is an organization, then what is its mailing address?"
I agree with you that Usenet is not an organization.
--
Norman Diamond       diamond@tkov50.enet.dec.com
If this were the company's opinion, I wouldn't be allowed to post it.