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From: karl@osu-eddie.UUCP (Karl Kleinpaste)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Pro-choice action
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Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 09:29:02 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 28 09:29:02 1985
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In support of my contention  that  abortion  discussions  do *not* belong in
net.women at any time whatsoever (somewhat flamefully stated in my  previous
posting), I offer you a portion of  one  of the "netiquette" documents which
are posted periodically by Gene Spafford to net.announce.newusers.

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>Newsgroups: net.announce.newusers
>Subject: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
>Message-ID: <11513@gatech.UUCP>
>
>This document discusses some items that occur repeatedly on Usenet.
>They frequently are submitted by new users, and result in many
>followups, sometimes swamping groups for weeks. THE PURPOSE OF THIS
>NOTE IS TO HEAD OFF THESE ANNOYING EVENTS by answering some questions
>and WARNING ABOUT THE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE OF ASKING OTHERS...
>...
>13.  net.women: What do you think about abortion?
>
>     Although abortion might appear to be an appropriate topic for
>     net.women, more heat than light is generated when it is brought
>     up.  Since the newsgroup net.abortion has been created, ALL
>     ABORTION-RELATED DISCUSSION SHOULD TAKE PLACE THERE.
>...
[caps all mine -kk]
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And with that, I respectfully (and  somewhat less heatedly) request that all
abortion discussion of any type move to net.abortion in perpetuity.
-- 
Karl Kleinpaste @ Bell Labs, Columbus    614/860-5107  +==-> cbrma!kk
                @ Ohio State University  614/422-0915  osu-eddie!karl