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From: duane@cbnewsj.att.com (duane.galensky)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Indoor birds and birdwatching
Message-ID: <1991Jan23.202923.2409@cbnewsj.att.com>
Date: 23 Jan 91 20:29:23 GMT
References: <21586@netcom.UUCP> <1001@cfiprod.UUCP> <819@egrunix.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <819@egrunix.UUCP> awesley@egrunix.UUCP (Tony Wesley) writes:
>In article <1001@cfiprod.UUCP> susans@cfiprod.UUCP (Susan Scheide -CFI-) writes:
>>In article <21586@netcom.UUCP> jfh@netcom.UUCP (Jack Hamilton) writes:
>>>...........  I also got some mail, of varying degrees of
>>>politeness, telling me that this is not the group to discuss such things.
>
>>	Ignore those putzes!  Most pet bird owners remember to put "Indoor"
>>	in their subject line, but the vast majority of "birders"
>>	NEVER put "outdoor" in their headers!
>
>And why should bird watchers put outdoor in their headers when it is
>a bird-watcher's newsgroup?
>  . . .
>rec.birds		Hobbyists interested in bird watching.
>-- 

i think the point is that a newcomer probably doesn't get the
gist of the topic from the newsgroup name.  renaming or splitting
the groups would be the best solution.  i don't think that
relying on INDOOR or OUTDOOR will stop this controversy...for
some reason, there's a tendency to insult rather than understand.

personally, i read 'em both.
duane