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From: sdyer@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: Who Submits to This Group
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Date: Fri, 18-Nov-83 02:56:46 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 18 02:56:46 1983
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'Net.motss' isn't necessarily a "coming-out party", and I would hate to see
any pressure on people to actively state their sexual preference in a news
item, simply because of the craven cowardice of those who feel necessary to
sign-off with "I'm not gay, but..."  If stating that you're gay is relevant
to a posting, AND you feel comfortable with it, great!  But it's really an
individual matter, and it's none of our business, unless you want to make
it our business.  Hell, you have to realize that even having 'net.motss' in
one's ".newsrc" is practically a political act, posting to it is definitely
one, and we have people who are disappointed because 'net.motss' isn't filled
with True Confessions?  Maybe later, Greg and Alix.

One thing I would like to see, however, is more activity in the newsgroup.
Finally, after successfully purging it of the Bible purveyors, and with
several interesting lines of discussion proposed, there hasn't been much
followup.  Can Sodom, Gomorrah, and Eternal Damnation be more interesting
than Gay Teachers and the Media?  Perhaps, they are just safer topics...

/Steve Dyer
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