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From: eric@aplvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: newsgroup name game
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Date: Mon, 19-Sep-83 09:37:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 19 09:37:00 1983
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	I think a point is being missed here. The person(s) at our
site who could shut down the news system do not regularly read the
news, or even have the faintest idea of what a group is about. So
far, net.rec.nude has escaped them, but I suspect that if they saw
it they would assume it is for the distribution of files which print
out the pin-up pictures on a lineprinter. Now imagine their reaction
to seeing a group called net.gay. Our operating money comes from the
Navy, and of course, ultimately the taxpayer. I can see Jack Anderson's
column now - "Taxpayer's Paying for Gay Hackers". I am already fighting
to keep net.tv, net.sf-lovers, etc. If there is to be a discussion
of gay issues (something that I have nothing against), can we at least
keep it, as Lauren suggests, in a news group with a less dangerous name.
We could always have net.sensitive for gay issues, s&m techniques, reviews
of Kama Sutra editions, etc. No, scratch that, the Navy would think we
were spreading classified material.

					eric
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