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From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
Newsgroups: net.general,net.flame
Subject: Re: This article ought not belong here.
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Date: Thu, 12-Apr-84 00:11:19 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 12 00:11:19 1984
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Well, as long as I'm being maligned in public, I guess I'm obligated
to respond in the same forum.

Whenever a person does something that is highly visible, there are always
going to be people who gripe, no matter what that person does.
Guiding Usenet in a direction that isn't self destructive, as I do in my
(nearly nonexistent) spare time, is such a position.  I am used to people
grumbling, after all, you can't please all the people all the time.

I always try very hard to make decisions that reflect the opinions of the
people on the net.  I have put many policies into place that were different
than my own personal opinion, because the majority wanted something different.
In the case of discussions in net.general, when they get out of hand, I
urge the participants to move or halt them.  I believe that most people on the
net appreciate this.  If someone can convince me they don't, I'll gladly
butt out.  (By the way, I suspect most of us are getting tired of the
"USSR on Usenet" debate.)  And it should be obvious why mail won't work.

Since the person who posted this particular article did not have the
guts to sign their name, I feel no need to take it seriously.

	Mark Horton