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From: medin@ucbvax.ARPA (Milo Medin)
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Subject: Re: More on net.politics.nukes/net.politics.arms
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Date: Sat, 13-Apr-85 19:42:46 EST
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> A week or so ago I suggested to the net that net.politics.nukes or
> net.politics.arms be created.  As usual, most of the posters in
> net.politics are preoccupied with actually arguing about weapons and war
> than with whether or not there should be a subgroup created for such
> discussion.  Nevertheless, the following people mailed to me indicating
> that they wished for a new subgroup:
> 
> Login:			Name:			Voted for:
> gjk@talcott		Greg Kuperberg		net.politics.arms
> egs@gamma		Ed Sheppard		net.politics.arms
> msb@lsuc		Mark Brader		net.politics.arms
> matthews@harvard	Jim Matthews		net.politics.nukes
> mjk@ttrdc		(none given)		net.politics.nukes
> dbrown@watarts		Dave Brown		net.politics.nukes
> cjh@petsd		Christopher J. Henrich	net.politics.arms
> 
> Also, note that three nukes people did not say that an arms subgroup would
> be unacceptable or even worse than a nukes subgroup.  Therefore I think
> that we should go ahead with net.politics.arms.
> 
> While, it's true that not that many people replied in favor, it's also true
> that absolutely *no one* replied by mail against the creation of a
> subgroup.  Only one dissenting opinion was posted, and that was by Mike
> Williams (mike@erix).  Mr. Williams, however, was concerned with the fact
> that Europe was about to be cut off from net.politics entirely; since he
> lost that argument (i.e. net.politics is no longer on eunet), his
> objections to net.politics.nukes/arms are now moot.
> 
> So I think it's high time we created net.politics.arms.  Those of you with
> administrative powers on the net know who you are.  Please, someone, *create
> this subgroup*!
> -- 
> 			Greg Kuperberg
> 		     harvard!talcott!gjk
> 
> "The eerily accurate drawing of Goetz showed the face of the 'before'
> figure in comic-book ads for body-building devices."-Time Magazine, April 8 


I for one wouldn't like to see a seperate news group.  I think many
others out there agree with me, but didn't think the issue
was that important.  Let me then go on record opposing a  new
group...

					Milo